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Storm Jocelyn

23–24 January 2024 · 2023-24 season · named by Met Eireann · Scotland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, England, Wales

97 mphmax gust
109flood warnings & alerts
Following barely a day after Isha, Jocelyn brought amber-warning winds gusting to ~97mph in exposed Scotland on already-weakened infrastructure, plus heavy rain; the rapid succession compounded disruption and power outages.

Flood footprintstorm total

0severe warnings
36flood warnings
73flood alerts
98areas
45counties
67rivers & seas

Worst-hit areas

  • The Suffolk coast at Southwold3
  • Mansbridge and Riverside Park2
  • River Dee catchment in England from Whitchurch to Chester2
  • River Swale at Howe village and by Skipton Bridge2
  • River Ure at Masham2
  • River Wiske at Kirby Wiske2

Counties

  • North Yorkshire25
  • Cumberland12
  • Hampshire11
  • Suffolk11
  • Norfolk10
  • East Riding of Yorkshire10

Rivers & seas

  • Groundwater8
  • North Sea7
  • River Eden7
  • River Ouse7
  • River Ure5
  • River Yare4

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
Honister 129.2
Brotherswater 122.8
Tow Hill 114.2
Kentmere Hallow Bank No2 102.8
Wet Sleddale 102.1
Seathwaite Farm 97.0
Glenridding Greenside Mines 96.7
Orton - Shallowford 95.4
Brathay Hall 93.1
Coniston Coppermines 92.7
Mickleden Middle Fell Farm 90.8
Beckermonds 87.8

The riverspeak vs warning level

StationPeak% of warning
Hexham Tanners Row Downstream · Cockshaw Burn 0.12 m 400%
Skipton Eller Beck · Eller Beck 2.56 m 341%
Blackstones Farm · River Crimple 1.40 m 297%
Bodiam Avenue · Daniels Brook 0.47 m 290%
Leighton Buzzard · River Ouzel 0.87 m 267%
Pateley Bridge · River Nidd 2.39 m 266%
Worksop · River Ryton 2.76 m 263%
Brookhouse Farm · Ford Green Brook 2.47 m 260%
Stoke Prior · River Salwarpe 0.92 m 254%
Kielder Butteryhaugh · River North Tyne 1.40 m 250%
Middleton Bridge · River Wansbeck 4.42 m 244%
Castle Foregate · Bagley Brook 1.04 m 242%

Gauge records cover 22–25 January 2024 (the storm window ± a day). Frozen 3 Jul 2026.

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