page_title: 2015–16 UK and Ireland windstorm season
section_title: Storm Imogen
hierarchical_section_title: 2015–16 UK and Ireland windstorm season / Storms / Storm Imogen
caption_attribution_description: English: Storm Imogen of the 2015–16 UK and Ireland windstorm season on 7 February 2016.
context_page_description: The 2015–16 UK and Ireland windstorm season was the first instance of the United Kingdom's Met Office and Ireland's Met Éireann naming extratropical cyclones. The season started on 10 November with the naming of Storm Abigail and ended on 28 March with the dissipation of Storm Katie. With a total of eleven named storms, the 2015–16 season is the most active to date.
  Storms are named when they are forecast to cause hazards due to high winds by either organisation. The season is most notable for the amount of rainfall which fell over the UK and Ireland, causing the 2015–16 Great Britain and Ireland floods; most of which is attributed to Storms Desmond, Eva and Frank. The strongest low-level gusts of the season came from storms Gertrude and Katie. On 29 January, Gertrude produced gusts of 105 mph at Lerwick, Shetland Islands while Katie produced a gust of 106 mph on 28 March at The Needles Old Battery, Isle of Wight.
  The season preceded the 2016–17 UK and Ireland windstorm season.
context_section_description: On 6 February Met Éireann issued an amber warning for strong winds and named Storm Imogen. At this stage the Met Office had issued a yellow warning for strong winds in south-west England and South Wales. On 7 February, the Met Office yellow warning area was enlarged and an amber warning added for winds across south-western England of 60–70 mph (97–113 km/h) and locally 80 mph (130 km/h) on 8 February. They warned of the risk to trees, structures, interruption of power supplies and transport, especially the M4 and M5 motorways. On 8 February Storm Imogen brought trees down, produced large coastal waves, caused power cuts and toppled high-sided vehicles across southern England and Wales.
caption: MODIS image of Imogen on 7 February 2016
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