It's an up and down: After the summer in Bavaria showed its best side for a few days, there are again heavy thunderstorms at the weekend.
Update from July 25, 8:22 a.m.:
Last night, heavy thunderstorms
hit
the Free State again.
In some places there were heavy showers of rain and hail.
But it looks like Bayern got away with a black eye again.
Storm in Bavaria: Police reported fallen trees and full cellars
The police in Upper Bavaria reported on Saturday evening of around 70 operations because of fallen trees and full cellars.
So far, however, there has not been any major damage, according to a spokesman in Rosenheim.
It was similar at that time in the Allgäu, where the police in Füssen spoke of a number of broken branches.
The German Weather Service (DWD) had previously warned of severe thunderstorms with heavy rain - especially
on Sunday night.
The focus should therefore be on the Alps and the southern Alpine foothills.
But the danger of storms has not yet been banned: the next thunderstorms are already on the march: According to the DWD, showers and thunderstorms are to be expected again during the day, especially near the Alps.
Update from July 24th 10:35 p.m.:
The weather in southern Bavaria has for the most part calmed down again.
However, the thunderstorm cells now seem to have reached another region in Bavaria.
The warning of “severe thunderstorms with heavy rain and hail” now applies to parts of Franconia.
In Würzburg and the region there is an official storm warning for the next hour.
Heavy rain must also be expected in the districts of Neustadt an der Aisch / Bad Windsheim * and Ansbach.
Only two weeks ago there was severe flooding in this region.
Weather in Bavaria: Thunderstorms now also in Munich and Eastern Bavaria
Update from July 24th, 9.25 p.m.:
The thunderstorm front over Bavaria is moving further and further towards Eastern Bavaria. The DWD warning level three now applies to the districts of Rosenheim and Traunstein and the city of Rosenheim. The DWD points out possible dangers for this region: “Warning! There is a mortal danger in the event of a lightning strike! In isolated cases, for example, trees can be uprooted and roofs damaged. "
Update from July 24th, 8:32 p.m.: It
has been
thundering
and flashing over the state capital for over an hour.
In the southern part of the Munich district even warning level three of the DWD applies.
Means: Warning of "heavy heavy rain with precipitation amounts of up to 40 l / m² per hour as well as heavy squalls with speeds of up to 100 km / h and hail with grain sizes around 3 cm".
In the Ostallgäu district, the weather has now calmed down.
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The thunderstorms have moved east from southwest Bavaria.
For a large part of southern Bavaria, the DWD warns of strong thunderstorms.
© Screenshot of the German Weather Service
Thunderstorm in Bavaria: Warning level four in the Ostallgäu district - severe weather warning from the DWD
Update from July 24th, 7:21 pm:
The storm front has spread over large parts of Bavaria. Especially in the south, the DWD's weather map is colored yellow, which means warning level two. Warnings are issued in these regions about severe thunderstorms and heavy rain. According to the DWD, the storms are still the most violent in Swabia. The highest warning level currently applies to a district. In the Ostallgäu, the DWD warns of "severe thunderstorms with hurricane gusts, extremely heavy rain and hail".
Update from July 24th, 6:06 pm:
For the district of Unterallgäu and the city of Memmingen in the administrative district of Swabia, the DWD issues a level three weather warning.
That means an official storm warning of severe thunderstorms with heavy rain and hail.
There are a total of four warning weather levels.
The DWD warns of possible dangers in the affected region.
The massive heavy rain could lead to "flooding of streams and rivers".
Landslides are also possible.
"Close all windows and doors!
Secure objects in the open! ”Appeals the DWD.
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The thunderstorms in Swabia are getting more violent.
The DWD issues warning level 3.
© Screenshot of the German Weather Service
Storm in Bavaria: DWD warns of severe thunderstorms in three districts
Update from July 24th, 5:20 pm:
The thunderstorm front in Upper Bavaria is slowly moving further north.
In the meantime it has also reached the district of Munich.
Especially on Sunday night, the DWD warns of further storm-like thunderstorms with heavy rain.
On the DWD's weather warning map, the focus is in Upper Bavaria on the Alps and in the Alpine foothills and in Swabia between Augsburg and Neu-Ulm.
There is also an official warning of “severe thunderstorms” for Lower Franconia.
Due to heavy rainfall, there could be local flooding.
The flood news service Bavaria announced on Saturday that the reporting levels could not be ruled out on some rivers.
Extreme flash floods are also possible there.
Update from July 24th, 4:05 pm:
The DWD is now also issuing an official warning of “severe thunderstorms” for parts of Swabia.
The thunderstorms are already raging in the districts of Dillingen an der Donau, Neu-Ulm, Günzburg and Augsburg.
The warning currently applies in Swabia until 5 p.m.
According to the DWD, this can lead to "gusts of wind at speeds of up to 70 km / h".
In addition, heavy rain with precipitation amounts of up to 20 liters per square meter per hour is expected.
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DWD warns of "severe thunderstorms" in Upper Bavaria and Swabia.
© Screenshot of the German Weather Service
Update from July 24th, 11:53 a.m.:
The announced thunderstorm front reached the Free State in the morning.
For example, it thundered and thundered violently in the morning in the Allgäu.
There were hardly any weather-related emergency calls, said a police spokesman.
The officers were alerted about a lightning strike in an open area.
In the morning the showers and thunderstorms moved on to Upper Bavaria.
Thunderstorms in Bavaria: Severe storms expected south of Munich - thousands of lightning bolts expected
Especially in the regions south of Munich, the DWD warns of severe thunderstorms today.
According to the meteorologists, the showers will move out of the Alps in the direction of the foothills of the Alps from late afternoon.
In the evening, the risk of storms increases again.
Trees could also tip over.
The DWD assumes thousands of lightning bolts on Saturday.
That is not uncommon in the summer months, but the intensity of the thunderstorm cells is unusual, said the meteorologist.
They have a lot of water with them.
If the cells were to discharge over Lake Starnberg, little would happen.
Only the water level would rise.
However, if the heavy rain falls in the mountains or on rivers, basements could also fill up during the day.
Original article dated July 24th:
Munich - Blue skies, sunshine and summer temperatures: A look out of the window proves - in many places in the Free State the weekend starts on Saturday with great weather.
Unfortunately, it doesn't last too long.
The first thunderstorms have been sweeping over Bavaria since the morning, and they are gradually spreading - and becoming increasingly stronger.
Thunderstorms in Bavaria: The first storms came up - with heavy rain and heavy gusts of wind
Storms have already come from the west.
Parts of the Ostallgäu, Swabia - including Augsburg and Landsberg am Lech - as well as regions in Upper Bavaria, such as Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bad Tölz, Starnberg and Fürstenfeldbruck, are currently affected by the official weather warnings.
Here the German Weather Service (DWD) warns of strong thunderstorms with heavy rain and heavy gusts of wind.
From the afternoon there is also an increasing risk of thunderstorms in western Franconia, Swabia and near the Alps.
From late afternoon onwards, some heavy thunderstorms move out of the Alps towards the northeast.
These can bring violent gusts of wind - at speeds of up to 100 kilometers per hour - with them.
According to the DWD, the storms in the evening should be particularly violent in the foothills of the Alps and on the edge of the Alps.
If it rains for several hours, it should rain up to 60 liters per square meter.
Hailstones can be up to three centimeters in size.
By Sunday night at the latest, the storm will spread to all of Bavaria.
Weather in Bavaria: The risk of thunderstorms increases during the day - temperatures up to 30 degrees
But not only the risk of thunderstorms increases during the day: At the same time, temperatures in all of Bavaria climb to almost 30 degrees.
In the night of Sunday it should continue to thunderstorm and rain.
After all: in some regions it cools down to 14 degrees at night.
On Sunday the weather starts changeable, with clouds and short sunny sections.
In the course of the day, thunderstorms spread over the Free State again.
In addition, it gets humid with 22 to 27 degrees.
According to the DWD, the reason for the weather situation is a low over Brittany, through which warm, humid and unstable stratified air reaches Bavaria from the southwest.
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