Violent thunderstorm warning: storm brings storm and heavy rain to Hessen!
Violent thunderstorm warning: storm brings storm and heavy rain to Hessen!
A striking change in the weather has reached Hesse today. The German Weather Service (DWD) spends extensive severe weather warnings, especially for the regions of East Hesse. The temperatures are falling and wet weather is expected.
In the districts of Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Fulda and Vogelsberg, warns of strong thunderstorms. The Main-Kinzig-Kreis is even classified as particularly endangered and receives a serious severe weather warning. The DWD warning map shows the affected areas in orange and red, which indicates the severity of the situation. Osthessen-news informs that the warnings apply until at least 7:30 p.m. on May 03, 2025.
urban and rural dangers
The forecasts indicate gusts of up to 85 km/h, while in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis even hurricane-like gusts of up to 110 km/h are expected. In addition, violent heavy rain with quantities of up to 30 liters per square meter in an hour. hessenschau reports of local thunderstorm Can bring square meters with them. Hail with grain sizes around 2 cm is also expected.
As a result of the severe weather conditions, there have already been reports of fallen trees on important connecting roads. Among other things, the B49 between Hadamar and Beselich-Obernützenbach-Mitte, the B54 between Hadamar and Oberzeuzheim as well as the L3022 and L3063 are affected in the Runkel region. Security authorities call for being careful and avoiding the affected routes.
outlook for the weekend
The weather forecast for the coming days is growing. In the night of Sunday, rains in the middle and south of Hesse are expected, while thunderstorms are also possible. The temperatures fall to 4 to 10 degrees. On Sunday it becomes mostly dry with maximum values between 11 and 16 degrees, while the new week uses similar temperatures from 11 to 17 degrees. According to German Weather Service another update is published at the latest at 8:30 p.m.
Overall, it can be seen that Hessen must be prepared for changeable and dangerous weather conditions in the coming hours and days. Citizens are invited to find out about the current warnings and their effects.
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