A cold front passed through Switzerland on Friday night. This was preceded by a strong storm front, which on Thursday afternoon caused gusts of wind, hail and a lot of precipitation not only in Switzerland, but also in large parts of Germany and France.
According to MeteoNews, most precipitation fell in Glarnerland and on the eastern northern slope of the Alps, but also in Valais and north-western Switzerland. A new rain record was even set in Basel, writes SRF Meteo.
a strong #Thunderstorm brought in tonight #Basel a new #rain record: 18.2 mm fell in 10 minutes. The old record from 1991 was broken by 0.1 mm. On the airport #BaselMulhouse became one too #Hurricane-Rest of 129 km/h measured. ^ Rev pic.twitter.com/PYIVy3xn3u
— SRF Meteo (@srfmeteo) June 22, 2023
It stormed in the west and northwest of Switzerland in particular, with wind gusts of up to 135 kilometers per hour at the forefront in the municipality of Saint-Prex on Lake Geneva, according to MeteoNews. In Vaud there were traffic delays due to fallen trees, but otherwise no major damage is known, reports SRF Meteo.
The photos from Switzerland
#storm in the #border triangle bee #Basel, #weilamrhein And #Loerrach of #Hail And #showers, @Kachelmannwettr @meteoswiss pic.twitter.com/INZE6ALY1t
— Thies Stillahn (@StillahnThies) June 23, 2023
strong #Thunderstorm currently moving through Switzerland. https://t.co/GHRdXKJFKF #concern pic.twitter.com/nnZDtVOLzl
— SRF Meteo (@srfmeteo) June 22, 2023
Nice snapshot from Basel
Here are a few impressions from Western Switzerland and the Western Central Plateau. Left: Neuenburg (NE), right Frienisberg (BE) and Grenchen (SO). You can track the thunderstorms on the radar: https://t.co/PSSm2JQlMR (me) pic.twitter.com/pXmWjUt0Yk
— MeteoNews Switzerland (@MeteoNewsAG) June 22, 2023
With the exception of western and northwestern Switzerland, the thunderstorms today were less pronounced than could be assumed on the basis of the weather models. Possible reasons and where it was still enough for a new record -> https://t.co/FHVueb3FOG (me) pic.twitter.com/akf2fr9qsd
— MeteoNews Switzerland (@MeteoNewsAG) June 22, 2023
Jolie tempête en vue
Vaud 17:25🇨🇭 pic.twitter.com/bIrRFfYBd1— JCuervøAlpinø 🇰🇭 (@AstrollC) June 22, 2023
Brève et fulgurante, la tempête arraché des toits et des arbres https://t.co/pr8f7x2I5X pic.twitter.com/QXQHLpWdWm
— Actualites Suisse (@SuisseSUI) June 22, 2023
The photos from Germany
In Germany, the storm front raged a lot more violently, several states in the west, center and northeast were hit by the storms. In Lower Saxony, part of the traffic was paralyzed by the heavy rainfall: streets and shops were flooded and trams and cars were stuck.
#Storm in Cassel pic.twitter.com/MVvNsXsu29
— AT Bernhard 📯 (@atbernhard) June 22, 2023
As the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” writes, train traffic was also seriously disrupted: “Many important railway lines such as Fulda-Kassel-Göttingen or Frankfurt-Mainz-Wiesbaden have been closed since Thursday evening due to flooded tracks and damaged overhead wires. A so-called “super cell” discharged hailstones the size of a golf ball and fallen trees fell over the Hessian city of Kassel, as well as in other regions.
Front passage at Helmstedt.
Storm, heavy rain, no hail pic.twitter.com/hsVeEbVkcH— Guido Linke, high beam photography 📯 (@GuidoLinke) June 22, 2023
Many thanks to Father T. from the photo of #Storm from 22.06.2023 from 21:44 from the Salzland district! /CG pic.twitter.com/IgZkctHf0V
— Kachelmannwetter (@Kachelmannwettr) June 23, 2023
For Germany, tornado warnings were even issued in advance. Occasionally there were also tornadoes, even if they were hard to see, like in this video:
a #Tornado at least there was yesterday, even if it was an F0 – the one in Cologne-Pesch, it made contact with the ground and was therefore a real tornado, thanks to Jens Grenzhäuser for watching at the right time!#Storm pic.twitter.com/YgiR6RENyt
— Jörg @[email protected] (@Kachelmann) June 23, 2023
Oh holy 😱🌪️ #tornado #tornadoes #Germany #storm pic.twitter.com/OtpGkjKnu7
— Thomas Kaplaner (@priince_toto) June 22, 2023
Hailstones the size of a golf ball in Kassel
And also in France the thunderstorms raged:
⚡👉 Une huge tempête a frappé plusieurs pay européens. Parmi les pays touchés by la tempête figures la France, la Suisse, l’Austriche, l’Allemagne, la République tchèque, le nord de l’Espagne et d’autres pays… #MeteoExtreme #geoengineering #chemtrails #HAARP pic.twitter.com/eZyD8Ao1oT
— syriuse71 (@Annassiri2) June 23, 2022
Bonus:
After Kassel, the heavy thunderstorm with enormous rainfall also hit Braunschweig: flooded cellars, floating cars and numerous firefighting operations in the city centre.
And between this man. pic.twitter.com/YccPVJlYY8
— Patrick Schiller (@patschi1896) June 22, 2023
(lacquer)
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