page_title: 2019–20 European windstorm season
section_title: Storm Cecilia
hierarchical_section_title: 2019–20 European windstorm season / Storms / Storm Cecilia
caption_attribution_description: English: Storm Cecilia, of the 2019-2020 European windstorm season, approaching the Bay of Biscay.
context_page_description: The 2019–20 European windstorm season is the fifth instance of seasonal European windstorm naming in Europe. This is the first season in which the Netherlands participates, joining Ireland's and the United Kingdom’s meteorological agencies. The new season's storm names were released on 6 September 2019. In July 2019, it was announced that storm seasons would run from 1 September 2019 to 1 September 2020. The Portuguese, Spanish and French meteorological agencies will again collaborate too, joined by the Belgian meteorological agency.
context_section_description: The Spanish meteorological agency, AEMET, named Cecilia on 21 November, warning for rain and wind on the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands. On 23 November, the storm split up into three separate depressions. During the storm, a chemical transport ship ran aground at the Galician coast.
caption: Storm Cecilia approaching the Bay of Biscay on 22 November.
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