A storm warning follows the next one in Bavaria: Saturday falls into the water throughout the Free State
Created: 08/28/2022, 04:50
By: Katarina Amtmann
Thunderstorms in Bavaria were announced again for Saturday.
© Annette Riedl/dpa
Heavy thunderstorms swept across large parts of Bavaria on Friday.
The center of the country was hit particularly hard.
More than 470 missions were counted in Nuremberg.
Heavy thunderstorms:
The administrative districts of Middle Franconia and Upper Palatinate are particularly affected
DWD
warning card : Current warning of severe thunderstorms in large parts of Bavaria.
Red alert in Bavaria
: Heavy thunderstorms with heavy rain and hail possible.
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Update from August 26, 10:25 p.m .:
The last thunderstorms are still moving across the Free State and Munich.
The DWD warns of severe weather for the Munich area until 11 p.m.
In northern Bavaria it can still get wet up to midnight.
Then the risk of rain decreases for a few hours.
On Saturday, however, thunderstorm cells will again set course for Bavaria.
The forecast of the DWD states: “On Saturday mostly cloudy and in places showery rain.
At first only isolated thunderstorms, from noon more frequent again.
Focus then in the vicinity of the Franconian Jura and the Alps, in the evening also in the foothills of the Alps.
Highs of 21 to 25 degrees.
Weak north-west wind, strong to stormy gusts during thunderstorms.”
On Saturday evening, the showers are increasingly concentrated in the south of the Free State.
The many Robbie Williams fans in Munich will not be happy about that.
There will be another big open-air concert there in the evening.
Last week, Helene Fischer's fans got away with a black eye.
It stopped raining just before the concert started.
Storm over Munich and the region
Update from August 26, 9:45 p.m .:
The weather situation in northern Bavaria has calmed down a little.
The purple warning level four has also disappeared from the DWD map.
But it is now crashing further south.
Heavy thunderstorms are currently moving over the state capital of Munich.
Alert level 3 applies here, the weather map lights up red.
There is a warning of heavy rain and hail.
In addition to Munich, the surrounding districts of Erding, Freising, Fürstenfeldbruck, Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Starnberg, Dachaun and Ebersberg are also affected by the warning.
Update from August 26, 8:07 p.m .:
The large thunderstorm cells over Middle Franconia and the Upper Palatinate have now moved on.
But before that, they wreaked havoc.
The integrated control center in Nuremberg reported more than 470 deployments.
The visitors to the zoo in the Franconian metropolis even had to escape to the animal houses to escape the centimetre-thick hailstones.
Numerous cellars and underpasses filled up.
While the situation in central and northern Bavaria is slowly calming down.
The next wave of thunderstorms is already moving towards the south of Bavaria.
The DWD warns of “severe thunderstorms with extremely heavy rain and hail” over Augsburg and Munich.
Up to 60 l/m2 can come down here in a very short time.
The warning is valid until 10 p.m.
Heavy thunderstorms in Middle Franconia and Upper Palatinate
Update from August 26, 6:53 p.m .:
The weather warning map of the DWD is still red in many parts (warning level 3) or even purple (warning level 4).
The alert for the areas with the highest alert level has now been updated and extended.
The weather service was waiting in the affected areas until 8 p.m. before "severe thunderstorms with extremely heavy rain and hail".
These counties are affected:
district and city of Ansbach
Roth district
district and city of Fürth
District of Nuremberg
District of Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate
Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district
District and city of Coburg
district of Lichtenfels
District of Kronach
district of Kulmbach
district and city of Hof
Update from August 26, 5 p.m
.: Large parts of Bavaria are now colored orange and purple in the DWD warning map.
The latter is the color for the highest severe weather warning level.
It continues to apply to Middle and Upper Franconia.
Large parts of eastern Bavaria are colored orange, the color for warning level two.
In the Upper Palatinate, the DWD announces severe thunderstorms between 6 p.m. and midnight.
Purple, red, orange - the DWD urgently warns of severe storms for some regions of Bavaria.
© Bernd März / IMAGO / Mercury collage
There is currently no warning around Munich.
It should only get uncomfortable here during the night, according to the DWD there is a risk of gusts of wind and heavy rain in the state capital.
After a short break in the early hours of the morning, the thunderstorms will continue locally throughout Saturday.
Highest DWD warning level for three regions in Bavaria
Update from August 26, 4:20 p.m
.: Now again: The DWD warns of extreme storms for three administrative districts in Bavaria.
The official severe weather warning is valid until 6 p.m. in the regions of Central Franconia, Upper Palatinate and Upper Franconia.
Hail was already falling in Nuremberg in the afternoon.
According to the DWD, trees can be uprooted and roofs damaged, and basements and streets can also be flooded.
Update from August 26, 2:39 p.m .:
The DWD’s storm warning in Central Franconia no longer applies.
At the moment it is mainly affecting Lower Bavaria.
For the districts of Cham, Regen, Freyung-Grafenau, Schwandorf and Passau, the warning of severe thunderstorms with heavy rain and hail applies until 4 p.m.
Red alert in Bavaria is expanding: these are the affected regions
Update from August 26, 1:42 p.m
.: Ansbach in Middle Franconia is now in the red.
There is an official severe weather warning for severe thunderstorms with heavy rain and hail.
All currently affected regions at a glance:
district and city of Ansbach
Freyung-Grafenau district
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district of Deggendorf
district of Cham
District of Rottal-Inn
district and city of Passau
District of Neustadt an der Waldnaab
District of Tirschenreuth
Rhoen-Grabfeld district
Red alert in Bavaria is expanding: storms with severe thunderstorms, heavy rain and hail
Update from August 26, 1:16 p.m .:
Other areas on the DWD warning map turn red.
In addition to the list (see previous update), the following regions have been added:
the districts of Freyung-Grafenau, Regen, Straubing-Bogen, the city of Straubing and the district of Cham.
Red alert in Bavaria: List of affected districts and cities
Update from August 26, 12:51 p.m .:
Red alert applies in several districts and cities in Bavaria (see previous update).
The reason is an official storm warning of severe thunderstorms with heavy rain and hail.
Newly affected, among others, are the district and city of Passau and the district of Rottal-Inn.
An overview.
Weather in Bavaria: Red alert applies here
District of Rottal-Inn
district and city of Passau
District of Neuburg-Schrobenhausen
District of Donau-Ries
Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district
district of Eichstätt
District of Neustadt an der Waldnaab
District of Tirschenreuth
Rhoen-Grabfeld district
Red alert in Bavaria: Heavy thunderstorms with heavy rain and hail possible
Update from August 26, 12 noon:
The storm in Bavaria is apparently picking up speed, three districts are currently on red alert. The DWD has issued an official storm warning of severe thunderstorms with heavy rain and hail.
The districts of Kelheim, Eichstätt, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Schwandorf, Neustadt an der Waldnaab, the city of Weiden in der Oberpfalz and the district of Bad Kissingen
are affected .
"There are local thunderstorms.
There is heavy heavy rain with precipitation amounts of up to 40 l/m² in a short time as well as heavy gusts of wind with speeds of up to 90 km/h (25m/s, 48kn, Bft 10) and hail.” The warning is valid until 2 p.m.
In many districts, an official warning of severe thunderstorms has also been in effect since 12 noon (colored orange on the warning map).
Weather warnings for Bavaria - These districts are affected
Update from August 26, 11:28 a.m .:
The DWD issued advance information about severe thunderstorms in the morning, valid from Friday (12 p.m.) to Saturday (0 a.m.).
There is now an official warning of severe thunderstorms for numerous districts, valid until 12 p.m.:
Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district
district of Eichstätt
District of Rottal-Inn
District of Straubing-Bogen and the city of Straubing
District of Neustadt an der Waldnaab
City of Weiden in the Upper Palatinate
District of Tirschenreuth
District of Wunsiedel
district and city of Hof
district of Kulmbach
District of Kronach
Rhoen-Grabfeld district
Bad Kissingen district
Main-Spessart district
district and city of Aschaffenburg
Freising district
Erding district
district and city of Landshut
district of Kelheim
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The DWD says: "There are local thunderstorms.
There is heavy rain with precipitation amounts of up to 25 l/m² per hour and gusts of wind with speeds of up to 60 km/h (17m/s, 33kn, Bft 7)."
"Dangerous weather conditions": storms with heavy rain and gusts of wind - even hail possible in Bavaria
First report from August 26, 6:11 a.m.:
Munich – This summer it feels like one heat wave follows the next – interrupted by a few days of thunderstorms, such as at the Helene Fischer concert on Saturday (August 20) in Munich.
Weather warning for Bavaria: Heavy thunderstorms possible - heavy rain, hail and gusts
It's going to be uncomfortable again this weekend.
The German Weather Service (DWD) has issued preliminary information about severe weather before severe thunderstorms, valid from Friday (12 p.m.) to Saturday (0 a.m.).
It says: “From Friday morning, strong, sometimes severe thunderstorms will develop locally.
Due to their low train speed, heavy rain of up to 40 l/sqm within one hour must be expected in a very limited space, with even higher amounts probable in isolated cases (extremely heavy heavy rain)."
The weather service cites local stormy gusts (around 70 km/h) and hail with a diameter of two to three centimeters as further “accompanying phenomena”.
Due to the heavy rain, local flooding can occur, so basements can fill up or underpasses can be flooded.
The DWD has published preliminary information.
© Screenshot DWD
DWD points out dangerous weather conditions - half of Bavaria is affected
“This is advance notice indicating the increased potential for a hazardous weather condition.
Due to the small-scale nature of the thunderstorms, acute warnings can probably only be issued for a short time," said the DWD.
The advance warning affects half of the Free State, including the following districts and cities:
Rottal Inn
Dingolfing-Landau
Passau
regensburg
Nuremberg
Bayreuth
Coburg
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The weather in Bavaria on August 26th
No weather warning for Munich
The state capital Munich or the Alpine region are currently not affected by the weather warning.
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