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Storm Hannah

26–27 April 2019 · 2018-19 season · named by Met Eireann · Ireland, Wales, England

82 mphmax gust
5flood warnings & alerts
A late-season storm bringing strong winds to Ireland and southwest Britain, with over 32,000 power outages in Ireland; wind-led with little flooding.

Flood footprintstorm total

0severe warnings
0flood warnings
5flood alerts
4areas
3counties
4rivers & seas

Worst-hit areas

  • River Churnet and River Tean2
  • Severn Vyrnwy Confluence1
  • Stoke Trent1
  • Stone Trent1

Counties

  • Staffordshire4
  • Shropshire1
  • Stoke-on-Trent1

Rivers & seas

  • River Churnet, River Tean2
  • Ford Green Brook, Lyme Brook, River Trent1
  • River Severn, River Vyrnwy1
  • River Trent1

Flood mapthe storm's flood footprint

Red/amber rings mark rivers that reached or came close to their own high level during the storm — the most direct evidence of likely flooding (the gauge measures the river, not any one property). Solid dots mark each flood area's reference point, coloured by the most severe warning raised there — a warning means flooding was expected. Shaded shapes are the Environment Agency's recorded flood outlines: land actually observed flooded, published retrospectively (updated quarterly). England data only.

The rainstorm-total by gauge

GaugeTotal mm
Cat And Fiddle 85.8
Tittesworth 77.6
Hollinsclough 74.6
Tower Wood 70.5
Rock End 69.2
Honister 62.0
Kingsley 61.8
Dale Head 59.6
Seathwaite Farm 59.0
Cauldon Low 57.6
Mickleden Middle Fell Farm 56.2
Hug Bridge 54.4

The riverspeak vs warning level

StationPeak% of warning
Ashford in the Water · River Wye 2.19 m 292%
Quixhill · River Churnet 1.90 m 241%
Wensor Bridge, Shelton · River Devon 4.04 m 237%
Upper Tean · River Tean 0.83 m 206%
Hug Bridge · River Dane 0.94 m 198%
Brookhouse Farm · Ford Green Brook 1.75 m 184%
Waterhouses · River Hamps 0.78 m 168%
Aston Bridge · River Dove 2.50 m 161%
Doveridge · River Dove 2.19 m 156%
Liverpool Road, Stoke-On-Trent · Fowlea Brook 1.55 m 155%
Riseley · River Kym 1.07 m 153%
Darlaston · River Trent 2.16 m 146%

Gauge records cover 25–28 April 2019 (the storm window ± a day). Frozen 3 Jul 2026.

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