Severe weather warning in Germany – red alert in eleven districts
Created: 01/16/2023 04:52
By: Victoria Krumbeck
The DWD warns of a stormy Sunday for large parts of Germany.
Heavy gusts of wind will occur in the northwestern half.
Hurricane-like gusts threaten on the North Sea.
The storm surge warning has since been lifted.
Update from January 15, 10:42 p.m .:
The storm surge warning that briefly applied to the German North Sea coast on Sunday evening has now been lifted by the DWD.
The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) had previously announced that the evening high water or night high water on the East Frisian coast in the Weser and Elbe area was expected to be 1 to 1.5 meters higher than the average high water.
For the North Frisian coast, a value of about 1.5 meters higher than the mean high water was initially predicted.
The mean high tide plus 1.5 meters is by definition a storm surge.
Update from January 15, 10:48 a.m.:
Red alert on the coast!
The German Weather Service (DWD) has updated its severe weather warning and warns of hurricane-force gusts of up to 115 km/h on the North Sea.
Inland, the wind blows from the southwest with wind speeds of 65 and 85 km/h.
In exposed locations and in showers and thunderstorms, heavy gusts of wind of around 100 km/h are to be expected.
In the mountains it is even stormier.
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From North Rhine-Westphalia to Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Schleswig-Holstein, the wind blows with gusts of 8 to 9 (60 to 88 km/h) on the Beaufort scale, near the coast 10 (up to 100 km/h).
Otherwise there are widespread stiff gusts of wind.
Red alert applies in eleven districts.
The German Weather Service (DWD) warns of hurricane-force gusts with wind speeds between 95 and 115 km/h:
North Frisia coast
North Friesland inland
Dithmarschen coast
Dithmarschen inland
Cuxhaven coast
Wesermarsch coast
City of Wilhelmshaven
Friesland coast
Wittmund coast
Aurich coast
Harz - Bergland (Upper Harz)
Severe weather in Germany: The DWD warns of hurricane gusts with wind speeds of up to 115 km/h.
© Silas Stein/imago/Screenshot DWD
Weather in Germany: Snow line drops to 300 meters
According to the DWD, continuous rain is announced in the low mountain ranges and in the Black Forest.
30 to 40 liters per square meter of rain can fall from the sky here.
Sometimes even up to 50 liters in it.
In the course of the day, the snow line also falls and the precipitation then increasingly turns into snow.
According to the current DWD forecast, one to five centimeters of fresh snow can fall above 500 meters, and there are also a few centimeters in the Alps.
In the night to Monday, the snow line across Germany drops to 300 meters.
The storm on the Baltic Sea mostly subsides by midnight.
Central mountain range: above 300 meters increasing snow on Monday night.
Black Forest: the DWD expects snow above 600 to 800 meters.
Bavarian Forest: the DWD expects snow above 600 to 800 meters.
Alps: a few centimeters of fresh snow fall above 1,000 meters
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Severe weather warning in parts of Germany – flood situation is coming to a head
First report from January 14, 2023
Munich/Wiesbaden – Instead of being white and cold, this year's winter has so far shown its mild side.
It has been stormy and wet for the past few days.
The German Weather Service (DWD) issued a severe weather warning in some parts of Germany on Friday and Saturday (13/14 January).
The Harz was hit by violent hurricane gusts and flooded.
There is also a severe weather warning for Sunday.
Long-lasting rain could cause high water levels in the rivers in North Rhine-Westphalia.
The weather remains unsettled in some parts of Germany.
The current severe weather warning from the DWD primarily affects the Brocken and the Upper Black Forest.
The DWD also issued a severe weather warning for North Rhine-Westphalia on Saturday until Sunday morning due to persistent rain.
The areas affected are Ennepe-Ruhr district, Olpe district, Märkischer district, Oberbergischer district, the city of Remscheid and the city of Wuppertal.
A barrier with a sign indicating floods blocks access to the path along the Moselle.
© Harald Tittel/dpa
In addition to the strong wind, the persistent rain is causing concerns about flooding.
In view of the "saturated soil", the precipitation could cause the water levels in the affected catchment areas such as the Ruhr, Wupper and Sieg to rise again after a temporary relaxation.
This was announced by a spokesman for the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection (Lanuv).
Weather: Severe weather warnings and continuous rain also on Sunday
Hurricane gusts and continuous rain also accompany Sunday.
Therefore, the DWD warns of storms in the north, from north to south-west, in the higher elevations of the low mountain ranges, in the Alps and on the Fichtelgebirge.
The DWD expects 30 to 40 liters of precipitation per square meter by Sunday morning.
In some places, 50 liters per square meter are also possible within 18 to 24 hours.
The continuous rain then subsides in the course of the morning, in the Black Forest only in the afternoon.
"Tomorrow, Sunday, will be dominated by storm 'Frederic'," said a spokesman for the German Weather Service (DWD) in Offenbach on Saturday.
Due to further rainfall, the highest flood notification level could be reached selectively on Sunday.
A spokeswoman for the Hessian State Office for Nature Conservation, Environment and Geology (HLNUG) said on Saturday that level three was possible at the Marburg and Gießen-Klärwerk levels.
From this level, towns are surrounded by flood water, roads are impassable.
There was also flooding in northern Bavaria on Saturday morning.
On the Upper Main, flood notification levels one and two were exceeded in isolated cases, according to the Bavarian flood intelligence service.
The weather will calm down again next week.
Then winter is just around the corner again.
(vk/dpa)
