An emergency alert was being sent to millions of people in Scotland ahead of the rare red warning. The last wind storm of this scale to affect Central Scotland was on 3 January 2012. At the time it prompted a Met Office red warning for wind that was similar in scale and scope to the one issued for Éowyn.

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The Met Office issued a super rare red warning across southern Scotland and the Central Belt for Friday, January 24.