Attention, storm danger: DWD warns - now it hits the south of Germany
Created: 05/23/2022, 09:52
By: Richard Strobl, Patrick Huljina
A car drives in heavy rain and hail.
(Archive image) © Julian Stratenschulte/dpa
Storms are threatening again in Germany on Monday – especially in Baden-Württemberg, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia.
Tornadoes are possible.
Weather in Germany: The new week starts with thunderstorms.
The DWD warns of heavy rain and hail.
In some federal states, a low tornado risk cannot be ruled out.
Update from May 23, 9.48 a.m .:
The week in Germany starts again with thunderstorms.
In Baden-Württemberg, the German Weather Service (DWD) expects heavy rain.
Strong thunderstorms are possible from noon to the evening, especially in the south-west.
There could be local hail and hurricane-like gusts.
New storms at the start of the week: heavy rain, hail and tornadoes possible
The situation in Hesse is similar.
Heavy thunderstorms with heavy rain, squalls and hail are also expected here.
There can also be local severe thunderstorms with severe weather potential due to heavy rain and heavy gusts of wind.
Especially in the south of the country, individual hurricane-like gusts and even a small isolated tornado risk cannot be ruled out.
Storms are also brewing in Bavaria.
From Monday afternoon, the DWD is also expecting heavy rain, gusts of wind and hail in NRW.
Especially in the west and south of the country, the probability of locally severe thunderstorms with severe weather potential is high.
In the south, a low tornado risk cannot be ruled out, the DWD announced.
Several tornadoes swept through North Rhine-Westphalia last Friday and caused great destruction.
A number of schools and daycare centers in North Rhine-Westphalia will remain closed on Monday due to the massive tornado damage.
Severe weather in Germany: risk of hail in Bavaria and BaWü
First report from May 22nd:
Munich – Bad storms have just moved over Germany.
Even tornado danger had previously been declared.
They mainly hit North Rhine-Westphalia and western Germany.
But at the start of the week, the south of Germany is now threatened with a new bad weather situation.
Because: A new low is approaching on Monday and brings damp and mild air from southwestern Europe, as
wetter.net
reports.
In Baden-Württemberg in particular, there can be light rain already in the early noon.
In the east it will remain rather dry.
But from the late afternoon strong thunderstorms are approaching.
They hit Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria in particular.
The potential for severe weather is particularly high in Franconia, in the foothills of the Alps and in Swabia.
The weather experts also explicitly warn of possible hail damage.
wetter.de
meteorologist Paul Heger also
warns of "larger hail of 3 centimeters" and severe gusts of wind.
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Weather forecast: temperatures drop
Temperatures will remain summery on Monday.
In the west there are up to 24 degrees, in Bavaria even up to 27 degrees can be reached.
However, the foretaste of summer will come to an end for the time being.
According to the report, it will be cooler and more changeable from Tuesday.
Rain is forecast, especially in the foothills of the Alps.
According to the forecast, the 20-degree mark will only be broken in the east and on the Upper Rhine.
In north-west Germany and in the foothills of the Alps, temperatures will even drop to 15 degrees.
The days that follow will continue with similar temperatures.
(rjs)
