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Storm Henry

1–2 February 2016 · 2015-16 season · named by Met Office · Scotland, England, Wales

90 mphmax gust
5flood warnings & alerts
Heavy rain and gusts up to 90mph (South Uist) crossed Scotland, northern England and north Wales, bringing localised flooding and transport disruption.

Flood footprintstorm total

0severe warnings
0flood warnings
5flood alerts
4areas
6counties
4rivers & seas

Worst-hit areas

  • Tidal Rivers Bure, Ant and Thurne2
  • River Thames and tributaries in the Oxford Area1
  • Tidal River Yare1
  • Upper River Tees1

Counties

  • Norfolk3
  • Oxfordshire1
  • County Durham1
  • Darlington1
  • North Yorkshire1
  • Westmorland and Furness1

Rivers & seas

  • Bure, Ant, Thurne2
  • River Tees1
  • River Thames1
  • River Yare1

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
Leominster 180.2
Honister 78.0
Ennerdale Black Sail 76.0
Seathwaite Farm 74.4
Wastwater Hotel 71.0
Mickleden Middle Fell Farm 67.2
Seathwaite Tarn 55.8
Woodhead 50.3
Footholme 50.2
Stocks 47.2
Sweetloves 45.6
Walshaw Dean Lodge 45.2

The riverspeak vs warning level

StationPeak% of warning
Castle Foregate · Bagley Brook 0.94 m 219%
Brookhouse Farm · Ford Green Brook 2.06 m 217%
Wensor Bridge, Shelton · River Devon 3.34 m 196%
Coney Gut · Coney Gut 1.60 m 196%
Wyre Piddle · Piddle Brook 1.17 m 184%
Eathorpe · River Leam 1.93 m 167%
Riseley · River Kym 1.14 m 163%
Skirfare Bridge · River Skirfare 0.93 m 160%
Sprouston · River Tweed 2.47 m 152%
Honiton · Glen Stream 1.14 m 152%
Hynam Bridge · River Gelt 1.11 m 150%
Mytholmroyd Dauber Bridge · Cragg Brook 0.44 m 144%

Gauge records cover 31 January – 3 February 2016 (the storm window ± a day). Frozen 3 Jul 2026.

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