Storm Imogen

7–8 February 2016 · 2015-16 season · named by Met Office · England, Wales

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96 mphmax gust

377flood warnings & alerts (England)

Gusts of 96mph at The Needles brought down trees, produced large coastal waves and caused power cuts across southern England and Wales; predominantly a wind and coastal-surge event.

Flood footprintEnvironment Agency warning history, England · storm total

2severe warnings

140flood warnings

235flood alerts

326areas

95counties

194rivers & seas

Counted from the Environment Agency's warning record for England (6–8 February 2016). Welsh warnings are held in a separate record and are not counted here, and FloodRadar only began recording Scottish warnings on 16 September 2026 because SEPA publishes no archive. So this is England's share of the storm, not its total.

Worst-hit areas

North Cornwall Coast from Chapel Porth to The Rumps excluding the tidal River Camel4
North Cornwall Coast from Lands End to Chapel Porth4
North Cornwall Coast from The Rumps to Hartland Point excluding Bude4
Christchurch Harbour3
Coast from Fleetwood to Blackpool3
East Coast of Dorset3

Counties

Dorset Council42
Gloucestershire35
Devon34
Cornwall33
Somerset28
Worcestershire25

Rivers & seas

English Channel26
North Cornwall Coast12
River Severn12
Bristol Channel11
River Thames11
Irish Sea10

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. An unshaded area means no flood was mapped here, which is not evidence none happened: the Environment Agency mapped only some floods, mapping effort rose sharply after about 2000, and surface-water flooding is largely absent from this record.

The rainstorm-total by gauge

Gauge	Total mm
Seathwaite Farm	185.6
Honister	171.6
Ennerdale Black Sail	162.2
Mickleden Middle Fell Farm	148.8
Brotherswater	124.3
Bellever Dartmoor	105.4
Tow Hill	100.8
Wet Sleddale	100.2
Oareford	98.2
West Dunkery	98.0
Dale Head	95.8
Thirlmere St Johns Beck	91.2

The riverspeak vs warning level

Station	Peak	% of warning
Cox's Meadow Storage Area · River Chelt	0.77 m	385%
Shipston · River Stour	3.16 m	326%
Prestbury Road · Wymans Brook	0.16 m	320%
Stanford Bridge · River Teme	4.22 m	309%
Castle Foregate · Bagley Brook	1.32 m	307%
Brookhouse Farm · Ford Green Brook	2.91 m	306%
Bradley Bridge · Bradley Brook	1.63 m	300%
Crabb Mill · Woodbridge Brook	1.97 m	291%
Rodbourne · Gauze Brook	1.02 m	289%
Wellesbourne · River Dene	1.03 m	285%
Wyre Piddle · Piddle Brook	1.81 m	285%
Wensor Bridge, Shelton · River Devon	4.86 m	285%

Gauge records cover 6–9 February 2016 (the storm window ± a day). Frozen 3 Jul 2026.

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