List of winter storms in the British Isles 2016-17

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Winter storms in the British Isles 2016–17
Data
Formation of the first storm 19th November 2016
Strongest storm Angus
Dissolution of the last storm February 26, 2017
Top gust 106 mph (171 km / h)
Minimum air pressure 965 hPa
consequences
affected areas United Kingdom and Ireland
Damage amount over 200 million euros insured

The list of winter storms in the British Isles 2016-17 calls the storms that in the second year of the common naming winter storms by the UK Met Office and Ireland Met Éireann impact on the British Isles had.

background

In 2015, the Met Office and Met Éireann announced a joint pilot project to name storm warnings; At the same time, the population was asked to submit name suggestions as part of the Name our Storms campaign. For the first time for the 2015-16 winter season, a list of names was published based on first names common in both the United Kingdom and Ireland . On September 19, 2016, a new list of names was announced for the 2016–17 winter season. Names are given in the UK as soon as a storm is rated amber ('be prepared') or 'red' ('take action') in the warnings of the National Severe Weather Warning Service.

  • Angus
  • Barbara
  • Conor
  • Doris
  • Ewan
  • Fleur  (unused)
  • Gabriel  (unused)
  • Holly  (unused)
  • Ivor  (unused)
  • Jacqui  (unused)
  • Kamil  (unused)
  • Louise  (unused)
  • Malcolm  (unused)
  • Natalie  (unused)
  • Oisin  (unused)
  • Penelope  (unused)
  • Robert  (unused)
  • Susan  (unused)
  • Thomas  (unused)
  • Valerie  (unused)
  • Wilbert  (unused)

Storms

Angus

Angus
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Angus over the North Sea

Duration 19. – 20. November
Top gust: 106 mph (171 km / h)
Lowest central air pressure: 965 hPa
Victim: 2
Power outages: 1000

Storm Angus got its name on November 19, when it was foreseeable that the south and south-east of England and especially the Channel coast on November 20 would be hardest hit by the north-east moving storm. In France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands the storm was known under the name "Nannette". The Channel Island of Guernsey recorded gale-force winds and the strongest gust of wind since 1990, the year the record was set.

More than 1,000 houses in the south-west of England were temporarily without electricity, mostly in Devon . Residents near South Molton , Devon have been evacuated due to flooding . Further flooding has been reported at Braunton and Bradiford , Devon and at Swanage in Dorset . High winds affected train traffic in the south east of England, as well as canal ferry traffic in the port of Dover , and a running event in Brighton was canceled.

National Grid reported that a ship's anchor was believed to have damaged four of the eight cables on the HVDC cross-channel link , causing half of the transmission capacity to be lost.

A woman rescued by helicopter from the troubled seas near Folkestone later died in hospital. A retiree was found dead in his car three days after the storm, which was swept away by the floods on the River Ogmore .

Barbara

Barbara
Duration 23–24 December 2016
Top gust: 83 mph (134 km / h)
Lowest central air pressure: 949 hPa
Victim: 0
Power outages: 1000 in Northern Ireland

Storm Barbara was named on December 20th.

In Northern Ireland, the effects of the storm caused blackouts in approximately 1,000 households. Parts of the roof of a school in Rhosgadfan near Caernarfon, Gwynedd were damaged. Several hundred households were affected by power outages in Wales.

Conor

Conor
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East Atlantic air pressure map on December 26, 2016

Duration 25-26 December 2016
Top gust: 85 mph (137 km / h)
Lowest central air pressure: 958 hPa
Victim: 0
Power outages: 1000 households in the Shetland Islands

Storm Conor was named on December 23, three days after Barbara, because the amber warning level was announced for much of the Northern Isles and north of Caithness for Christmas Day. The storm caused power cuts to hundreds of households in the Shetland Islands and other parts of Scotland.

Doris

Doris
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Storm damage

Duration 23rd February 2017
Top gust: 94 mph (151 km / h)
Victim: 3
Power outages: nearly 50,000 households
Damage: + € 200 million
Satellite image from Doris

Storm Doris got its name on February 21 and affected Ireland, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands on February 23. A peak gust of 94 mph (151 km / h) was recorded at Capel Curig , Wales. On the approach to the British Isles, the storm intensified explosively because the central air pressure of the system fell by more than 24 hPa within 24 hours, namely to 974 hPa.

In Wolverhampton , falling debris killed a woman, and in Swindon , a woman was run over by a street sweeper after the wind blew her empty stroller into the street and she followed him. A man died on February 26 from injuries sustained when a falling tree fell on the car he was in. A student was seriously injured when the storm toppled a roof at her school in Milton Keynes . Flybe flight 1284 from Edinburgh to Amsterdam crash-landed at Luchthaven Schiphol because the right rear landing gear collapsed; there were no injuries in the accident.

Snow and rain also affected road, rail and air traffic, and there were power outages.

Ewan

Ewan
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Ewan satellite image

Duration February 26, 2017
Top gust: 70 mph (119 km / h)
Victim: 0

Storm Ewan was named by Met Éireann on February 25th and hit the island on February 27th. Ewan couldn't really delve into, so the high wind property damage in Ireland was limited to the south coast.

Season overview

The table below lists all winter storms that have been named by the official weather services in the British Isles. In addition to the name, the duration, the peak gust outside of mountain weather stations and the lowest air pressure are given, possibly also the number of people killed and the aggregated property damage in Ireland and the United Kingdom. The amounts shown are in pounds sterling and euros at 2016 prices. The 2016–17 winter season was described by reinsurance broker Aon Benfield as “relatively quiet” at the end of February.

Storm Duration Top gust Minimum air pressure Victim Property damage
Angus 19. – 20. November 2016 106 mph (171 km / h) 965 hPa 2
Barbara 23–24 December 2016 83 mph (134 km / h) 949 hPa -
Conor 25-27 December 2016 83 mph (134 km / h) 949 hPa -
Doris 23rd February 2017 94 mph (151 km / h) 954 hPa 3 over € 200 million
Ewan February 26, 2017 70 mph (119 km / h) -
Seasonal indicators
5 November 19, 2016 to February 26, 2017 106 mph (171 km / h) 965 hPa 5 over € 200 million

Concordance table of the storms named by other European weather services during the period

IR satellite acceptance of Egon on January 13, 2017

According to PERILS AG, two storms in the 2016/17 winter season caused damage in excess of € 200 million: hurricanes Egon and Thomas.

(† Zeus was not named by a national weather service, but was widely used by the French press; it is probably an incorrect reference to another low pressure area named by the Free University of Berlin.)

See also

supporting documents

  1. ^ Met Éireann Weather Warning System Explained ( English ) Met Éireann. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  2. ↑ Nigel and Steve among new storm names ( English ) In: BBC News . British Broadcasting Corporation. October 20, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  3. ^ UK Storm Center (English) , Met Office. 19th September 2016. 
  4. ↑ a b Cargo ship hits barge in Storm Angus (English) . In: BBC News , British Broadcasting Corporation, November 20, 2016. Retrieved April 17, 2017. 
  5. ↑ Angus the first named storm of autumn 2016 (English) . In: Official blog of the Met Office news team , Met Office, November 19, 2016. 
  6. ↑ Her ramte stormen 'Angus' med vindstød af orkanstyrke (Danish) , TV2. November 20, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2016. 
  7. ↑ Channel Islands battered by hurricane force winds overnight (English) . In: ITV News . Retrieved March 2, 2017. 
  8. ↑ UK grid loses half the power from link to France (English) , Financial Times. 29th November 2016. 
  9. ↑ UK weather: Woman, this after being winched from the sea as storm batters Britain Angus (English) . In: The Daily Telegraph , November 22, 2016. Retrieved April 17, 2017. 
  10. ↑ Storm Angus: Body found in search for pensioner after flood (English) . In: Sky News , November 23, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2017. 
  11. ↑ Storm Barbara - latest forecast & updates (English) . December 26, 2016. 
  12. ↑ Amber Storm Barbara warning for Scotland (English) . In: BBC News , British Broadcasting Corporation, April 19, 2017. Retrieved December 20, 2016. 
  13. ↑ Storm Barbara brings travel disruption to Wales (English) . In: BBC News , British Broadcasting Corporation, April 19, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2016. 
  14. ↑ Disruption as Storm Barbara starts moving across Scotland (English) . In: BBC News , British Broadcasting Corporation, December 23, 2016. Retrieved April 17, 2017. 
  15. ↑ Global Catastrophe Recap ( English , PDF, 647 kB) AON Benfield. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  16. ^ Storm Doris - Met Office Barometer ( English ) Met Office. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  17. ↑ Storm Doris 'weather bomb' brings snow, gales and travel disruption - live updates ( English ) The Guardian. February 23, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  18. ↑ Storm Doris: Almost 50,000 without power, air and rail passengers stranded as extreme wind and rain batter Ireland (English) . In: Irish Independent , February 23, 2017. 
  19. ↑ Storm Doris winds reach 94mph in Wales . Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  20. ↑ February's Storm Doris weather bombs Great Britain . NOAA. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  21. ↑ European windstorm Thomas / Doris could be costliest of season (English) . In: Artemis , Steve Evans Ltd., February 24, 2017. Retrieved March 2, 2017. 
  22. ↑ February's Storm Doris weather bombs Great Britain (English) , National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. March 1, 2017. Accessed March 27, 2017. 
  23. ↑ a b c Storm Doris: Woman killed as UK hit by winds reaching 94mph (English) . In: BBC News , British Broadcasting Corporation, February 23, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2017. 
  24. ↑ Woman killed by falling debris as Storm Doris causes chaos across UK (English) . In: The Guardian , February 23, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2017. 
  25. ↑ Anthony Bond: Young mum killed 'after Storm Doris winds blow her into road' and she is hit by road-sweeper (English) , Mirror. February 24, 2017. 
  26. ↑ Man dies after tree fell on car during Storm Doris (English) . In: BBC News , British Broadcasting Corporation, February 27, 2017. 
  27. ↑ Girl seriously injured in sports hall ceiling collapse . February 23, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
  28. ↑ Flybe plane crash lands on runway at Amsterdam Schiphol airport (English) . In: The Independent , February 23, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2017. 
  29. ↑ Storm Doris 'weather bomb': 94mph winds, travel chaos and snow - live updates (English) , The Guardian . February 23, 2017. Retrieved April 19, 2017. 
  30. ↑ Storm Ewan to impact Ireland ( English ) Retrieved on February 25 2017th
  31. ↑ Storm Ewan Proves weaker than forecast as warnings withdrawn ( English ) Irish Times. February 27, 2017.
  32. ↑ European windstorm Thomas / Doris could be costliest of season (English) . In: Artemis , Steve Evans Ltd., February 24, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2017. 
  33. ↑ Cyclone Thomas / Doris insured loss seen at EUR213m by PERILS (English) . In: Artemis , Steve Evans Ltd., April 6, 2017. 
  34. ^ Electricity companies race to restore power to 75,000 homes (English) , Yle. August 28, 2016. Retrieved September 19, 2016. 
  35. ↑ Ekstremværet Urd treffer Sør-Norge mandag (Norwegian) . December 25, 2016. 
  36. ^ Satellite film Hurricane Axel January 2017 , DWD via Youtube. 5th January 2017. 
  37. ↑ - Vannhaben blir enda høyere enn vi trodde (Norwegian) . In: NRK . Retrieved January 12, 2017. 
  38. ^ Storm Egon leaves two dead, thousands without power . The local. January 13, 2017.
  39. ↑ Coupures d'électricité, rafales de vent: la tempête Leiv souffle sur le Sud-Ouest (French) , Le Monde. 4th February 2017. 
  40. ↑ Power outages, blown cars, a dead person: a weather bomb is causing chaos in Europe . In: FOCUS Online , February 23, 2017. 
  41. ^ Tempête Zeus: "Un hiver sans tempête, ça n'arrive jamais", explique un météorologue (French) , 20minutes.fr. March 6, 2017. 
  42. ^ Analysis 6 March 2017 . Free University of Berlin. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  43. ^ Losses Perils (English) . In: Perils , March 6, 2017. Retrieved March 9, 2017. 

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