Power outages and one fatality - storm rages over parts of Bavaria
Created: 06/23/2022, 04:52
By: Tanja Kipke, Thomas Eldersch
The bull heat seems to be over for now.
But the Free State is facing a mix of sun and thunderstorms this week.
Tornadoes can even occur.
Update from June 21, 9:46 a.m .:
The storms on Monday over Bavaria left a lot of damage in some regions.
Especially in the district of Freising in Upper Bavaria, it crashed properly, one person lost his life, a 15-year-old is in mortal danger.
In other districts in northern Upper Bavaria, according to the police, the storm had only minor effects apart from a few fallen trees.
A woman shovels hailstones after a severe storm in the Freising district.
© Armin Weigel/dpa
According to the police, a dozen fallen trees were also reported in Lower Bavaria.
This caused traffic disruptions, especially in the Landshut area and the Rottal-Inn district.
Some of the clean-up work is still ongoing on Tuesday.
Storms over Moosburg claim one fatality
Update from June 20, 9:40 p.m .:
In some regions of Bavaria, the thunderstorms left serious damage on Monday evening.
Especially in the district of Freising it was a real bang.
The storm in the northeastern district (Moosburg area) caused power outages and claimed one life.
Another person is still missing, the district office announced.
Update from June 20, 6:34 p.m .:
The severe thunderstorms that the DWD had warned of (see previous updates) seem to have disappeared again.
The weather service's website only reads a warning about gusts of wind.
This applies to large parts of Middle Franconia, Upper Bavaria, Upper Palatinate, Swabia and Lower Bavaria and until 7 p.m.
According to the DWD, there should be a few more crashes by the weekend, which will cool things down a bit at least in the regions concerned.
Severe weather in Bavaria: DWD issues the highest warning level
Update from June 20, 5:03 p.m .:
The DWD has updated its current warnings.
The highest warning level applies from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the city of Landshut, as well as in the district of the same name and the districts of Dingolfing-Lindau and Rottal-Inn.
Here, "hurricane gusts, extremely heavy rain and hail with a grain size of 5 cm" must be expected.
"Close all windows and doors!
Secure outdoor objects!”, writes the weather service in its warning.
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Update from June 20, 4:49 p.m .:
The sky is also slowly closing in Munich.
The view from the window shows the first gray clouds.
The wind in particular has picked up quite a bit.
There is already an official storm warning for “severe thunderstorms” in the district of Munich.
It remains to be seen when and if they will reach the city.
Bavaria is facing a stormy week.
Several thunderstorms - like here in Munich - move in the direction of Freistaat.
© Henning Pfeifer/dpa
Storm marathon in Bavaria: DWD warns for some regions with a high warning level
Update from June 20, 4:16 p.m .:
The DWD warns in some regions of Bavaria with the red warning level.
In Upper Bavaria, especially near Ingolstadt and Landshut, as well as in Swabia around Augsburg, there is currently an official severe weather warning for "severe thunderstorms with heavy rain and hail".
The weather service warns of possible dangers: "Watch out for falling branches, roof tiles or objects.
Flooding of basements and streets as well as local flooding of streams and small rivers are possible.
Landslides could also occur.
The following counties are affected by the red alert:
Ingolstadt (city and district)
Neuburg-Schrobenhausen
Pfaffenhofen on the Ilm
Kehlheim
Landshut (city and district)
Freising
augsburg
Landsberg am Lech
Aichach-Friedberg
Furstenfeldbruck
The DWD warning card currently lights up in three colors for Bavaria.
© Screenshot German Weather Service
First report from June 20, 9:30 a.m.:
Munich – The great heat seems to be over for the time being.
Sunday (June 19th), and thus also the last day of Pentecost, was not stingy with top values and records.
According to BR weather expert Michael Sachweh, Kitzingen was the hottest place in Bavaria yesterday with 37.4 degrees.
Hotter than any other June day since records began 40 years ago.
The Franconian metropolis of Nuremberg set a 100-year record with 36.7 degrees.
There was also a new June record in Kösching near Ingolstadt with 35.7 degrees.
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Weather in Bavaria: High temperature differences favor storms
The big shower follows the great heat.
Bayern faces a wet and turbulent week.
Already in the morning individual thunderstorms passed over the Free State.
Especially in the middle and in the south-east of Bavaria it crashed harder.
The reason was the subtropical air, which is now being gradually expelled from the north by the colder sea air, according to the German Weather Service (DWD).
These extreme air mass limits, in the north only 15 degrees were partially reached, are a breeding ground for thunderstorms and storms.
The graduate meteorologist Dominik Jung says that the weather conditions will be "dangerous" this week.
It also says in his forecast that there can always be thunderstorms in Bavaria.
“In addition to downpours, the conditions for the formation of tornadoes are given.
There's a lot of energy in the atmosphere.” He expects an exciting but also dangerous weather week.
Weather in Bavaria: change between sun and thunderstorms announced
Today it's still warm in Bavaria with values around 29 degrees in Munich and even 31 degrees in Landshut.
In the north of the Free State, the temperatures continue to drop due to the approaching thunderstorms and the sea air.
Schweinfurt and Hof cool down to 23 degrees.
In Würzburg it will only be 24 degrees (all values from
wetteronline.de
).
From Tuesday, Hoch Frido will be spreading in Germany.
With it, it remains sunny and warm in many places during the day - but top values only reach 28 degrees - but summer thunderstorms can always occur.
Up to the weekend it crashes regularly.
From then on, the great heat wave will be over for the time being.
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