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St Jude storm 2013

27–28 October 2013 · named by historic · England

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99 mphmax gust
199flood warnings & alerts (England)
4UK deaths
A fast-moving Atlantic cyclone brought destructive winds to southern England in the early hours of 28 October (highest UK gust ~99mph at The Needles), felling trees that caused most of the damage and four deaths; impact was wind-driven with only limited flooding.

Flood footprintEnvironment Agency warning history, England · storm total

0severe warnings
27flood warnings
172flood alerts
198areas
103counties
158rivers & seas

Counted from the Environment Agency's warning record for England (26–28 October 2013). 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

  • Eastern Yar2
  • Barbourne Brook1
  • Barnstaple, Braunton, Ilfracombe and Combe Martin Area1
  • Bear Brook and tributaries in the Aylesbury area, including Wendover and Weston Turville1
  • Beverley Brook Catchment1
  • Blackburn Brook Catchment1

Counties

  • Devon33
  • Somerset18
  • Dorset Council16
  • Derbyshire13
  • Worcestershire13
  • Warwickshire12

Rivers & seas

  • English Channel16
  • Eastern Yar3
  • River Mersey3
  • River Stour3
  • Bristol River Avon2
  • River Anker2

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

GaugeTotal mm
Bexley 334.4
Bellever Dartmoor 100.6
Oareford 99.6
Kinsford Gate 98.4
Seathwaite Farm 97.2
White Barrow 91.4
Blackpitts 90.0
Princetown 88.0
Honister 87.4
West Dunkery 85.4
Efford 85.4
Edenbridge 78.8

The riverspeak vs warning level

StationPeak% of warning
Market Harborough · River Welland 3.40 m 354%
Prestbury Road · Wymans Brook 0.16 m 320%
Bradley Bridge · Bradley Brook 1.67 m 308%
Shipston · River Stour 2.80 m 289%
Broom · River Arrow 1.40 m 287%
Cox's Meadow Storage Area · River Chelt 0.55 m 275%
Stoke Prior · River Salwarpe 0.98 m 271%
Solihull Lodge · River Cole 1.04 m 249%
East Bridge Bridport · River Asker 0.80 m 247%
Church Stretton · Ash Brook 0.82 m 234%
Calthorpe Park · River Rea 0.97 m 233%
Moyles Court · Docken's Water 0.70 m 233%

Gauge records cover 26–29 October 2013 (the storm window ± a day). Frozen 3 Jul 2026.

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