Official severe weather warning now in Northern Bavaria: Heavy thunderstorms and heavy rain expected

Created: 2022-09-04 04:52

By: Thomas Eldersch, Felix Herz

Thunderstorms have been forecast for the southern half of Bavaria on Saturday afternoon.

A storm front is moving across the Free State.

• DWD warns for north-west Bavaria

  : Official severe weather warning for west-central Franconia issued.

• Heavy storm over Munich

  : Heavy rain and lightning on Saturday afternoon in Munich - of all things during the Superbloom Festival.

• DWD warns of severe thunderstorms

  : Heavy storms were already indicated in Bavaria in the morning.

  There were warnings especially for Munich.

Update from September 3, 7 p.m

.: In Munich and in the south of Bavaria, the storms are now over – there is already a blue sky over the state capital.

DWD warns for north-west Bavaria: Level three severe weather warning issued

The German weather service now warns locally for north-west Bavaria.

In western Central Franconia, i.e. around Ansbach and Rothenburg an der Oder, the DWD warning card is colored red and orange – a level three storm warning applies.

"Heavy thunderstorms and heavy rain" threaten, it is said.

The German Weather Service is currently warning of thunderstorms and heavy rain (symbol image) for west-central Franconia and other regions.

© blickwinkel / Screenshot Deutscher Wetterdienst / Merkur collage

Update from September 3, 5:13 p.m

.: It is still raining heavily in Munich – but the worst seems to be over.

This is also shown by the DWD weather map, which only warns of “strong thunderstorms” for the state capital.

The storm front has shifted somewhat to the south and is currently between Bad Tölz and Rosenheim.

Here the DWD warns of "severe thunderstorms with heavy rain and hail".

Update from September 3rd, 4.30 p.m

.: It is getting dark over Munich – the thunderstorm front will reach the state capital in these minutes.

Heavy storm over Munich: Superbloom warns visitors

At the same time, the Superbloom festival is taking place in the Olympic Park – the organizers are now warning of the storm on Instagram, among other things: "We are expecting heavy rain and some lightning in the next few hours," says the current story of the official Superbloom account.

"Please stand under and avoid metal objects," the organizers said.

There are also thunderstorms north and south of Munich, but the most severe storms will now be over the state capital - this is also shown by the current weather maps from the German Weather Service.

First report from September 3rd

: Munich – The sunny Saturday afternoon could soon come to an end, especially in the southern half of Bavaria.

Coming from Baden-Württemberg, storm clouds are gathering.

The German Weather Service (DWD) warns of "strong thunderstorms" for Swabia and Upper Bavaria.

DWD warns of severe thunderstorms and heavy rain

Actually, there is hardly anything to be seen on the warning weather map of the DWD today.

Only in the south - on the state border between Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria - does it glow orange and red.

A storm front is heading towards the Free State.

The DWD warning, which applies until 4:30 p.m., says: “Thunderstorms are brewing locally from the southwest.

There are gusts of wind with speeds of up to 85 km/h (24m/s, 47kn, Bft 9) as well as heavy rain with precipitation amounts of up to 25 l/m² in a short time and small-grain hail.”

A storm front is approaching Munich via Swabia.

© Carsten Koall/dpa/Screenshot DWD

North of Ulm, the weather service even issues a storm warning of severe thunderstorms with heavy rain and hail.

It is not yet clear whether this particularly charged storm cloud will also push its way into the Free State.

It would be particularly annoying for Munich today.

Because that's where the Superbloom Festival is taking place for the first time.

Music greats such as Calvin Harris play on various stages on the premises.

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Sunday mainly sunny in Bavaria - only isolated thunderstorms

For the night, the DWD continues to say “showy and sometimes thunderstorms in some areas”.

This is expected to move eastward over the course of the night.

The values ​​​​are between 14 and nine degrees.

After the first early morning fog fields, Sunday starts mostly sunny.

It can only rain a little around noon in the low mountain ranges.

Otherwise it keeps loosening up.

The temperatures are between 22 and 28 degrees.

It gets warmest in Lower Franconia.