Severe weather warning: Thunderstorms and heavy rain threaten in NRW!

Severe weather warning: Thunderstorms and heavy rain threaten in NRW!

Parchim, Deutschland - The weather conditions in North Rhine-Westphalia is currently characterized by violent storms. After the highest temperature of the year was measured on June 14th with up to 34 degrees, thunderstorms and heavy rain are based. This weekend (June 14th and 15th) storm warnings came into force in many regions. According to Wa.de was strongly challenged and had to go out for over 191 missions.

Overall, the storm forecasts are critical. The German Weather Service (DWD) continues to warn of strong thunderstorms in parts of NRW. The Münsterland and East Westphalia are particularly affected, where warning level 2 was proclaimed. The circles concerned also include Aachen, Bielefeld and the districts of Gütersloh, Heinsberg, Höxter, Lippe, Paderborn and Viersen. Thunderstorm cells move across the country from the southwest, from France and Belgium and bring stormy gusts and heavy rain. dwd reports that up to 40 l/sqm rain and storm gables are expected of up to 100 km/h.

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The DWD takes up the warning, but emphasizes the continued danger of thunderstorms, especially on Sunday night, when larger thunderstorm complexes are expected. In some regions, rainy amounts of up to 50 l/sqm are possible in a short period of time, although this is rather less likely. A temperature crash is also in sight: Max. 21-24 degrees are expected on Sunday, and only 19 degrees in high layers. On Monday night, the temperatures in the Eifel drop to up to 8 degrees.

On the website of Storm Center , the citizens can find out more about the current storm warnings in North Rhine-Westphalia. There, for example, areas such as the Lower Rhine lowlands, the Bay of Cologne and the Ruhr area are particularly threatened by storms. The wide selection of possible dangers ranges from storms and heavy rain to black ice rain.

The storm forecasts are continuously updated by experienced meteorologists from the storm center. There are preliminary warnings that can be spent up to 48 hours in advance, as well as acute warnings for immediate weather races. The warning levels range from yellow for preliminary warnings to orange for moderate storms to red for strong and violet for extreme storms.

The citizens: Inside in North Rhine -Westphalia should prepare for the coming days and watch the weather warnings carefully. It remains to be seen whether it will stay stormy or better. The next updates of the weather are coming up for Monday, June 16, at 5:00 a.m. The maintenance of the weather is tense and a good knack for personal security is required these days.