US EditionWeather Warning: Hail Showers and Violent Storms to Lash Southern Germany
- On June 5, 2025, the German Weather Service issued a warning for southern Germany about intense storms accompanied by substantial rainfall and hail.
- These warnings resulted from forecasts predicting high risks of intense rain, hail up to 8 cm, and strong winds across southern Baden-Württemberg to parts of Bavaria.
- Additional forecasts warned of hurricane-force wind gusts reaching up to 130 km/h and intense rainfall exceeding 40 litres per square metre within a brief period in the affected areas.
- The DWD classifies rain over 25 litres per square metre per hour as torrential and over 40 litres as extremely severe weather, which some areas were expected to experience.
- These severe weather events suggest heightened risks of localized flooding and property damage across southern Germany, with less severe storms possible further north.
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Before the Nations League semi-finals between Germany and Portugal, a violent storm sweeps over Munich.
Extreme storms threaten: The DWD predicts for Wednesday possible hurricanes and extremely large hail in Bavaria. Only one region is probably spared.
The bad weather came from Switzerland, in the evening it reached Bavaria. In parts of the Free State it rained, there was local wind and hail. Also the football national team got to feel this.Unweather moved in the evening over the Free State. The German Weather Service (DWD) had warned of heavy thunderstorms with hail, storm gusts and heavy rain. Partly cellars ran full, branches were torn down, trees cracked. Start of football game haggledAmon…
The German Weather Service warns against "heavy and damaging thunderstorms". In the south of Germany large hail with a diameter of 5 cm is expected.
The German Weather Service warns against heavy thunderstorms in the afternoon in southern Germany. They can bring heavy heavy rain, big hail as well as heavy storm or even hurricane-like gusts.
Extreme downpours, huge hailstones measuring up to eight centimetres in diameter and tornadoes are expected to be brought by the depression Tim, which is threatening southern Germany on Wednesday afternoon. The storm, which is expected to be comparable in intensity to tropical cyclones, will come from Switzerland and head towards Munich, Prague and Görlitz. People should prepare for an extreme storm that could endanger their lives.
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