Storms came from France over Baden-Württemberg, Saarland and Bavaria. Buildings were damaged and some people were injured in traffic accidents. There were also storms with heavy rain in the north. In the south-west of Germany there were sometimes severe storms. In the Lake Constance region, extreme storms of the highest warning level four were warned. A very severe thunderstorm was active, especially in Sigmaringen, Ravensburg and in the Lake Constance district.
According to a spokesman, the responsible fire brigade in Ravensburg had to complete around 63 missions. For the most part, trees crashed into roads and parked cars. A Mercedes was hit by a tree while driving and damaged. The trapped driver was freed unharmed by emergency services. A power line fell onto the road on the B30, causing obstructions and temporary closures. The police and fire brigade also had to deploy to numerous operations in the region around Reutlingen. There are several traffic accidents with injuries due to the severe storm, according to a police spokesman.
Around 30 buildings in Asweiler damagedIn the Saarland, the small town of Asweiler in the municipality of Freisen (St. Wendel district) was particularly affected in the early evening. There a storm raged in an aisle of about 100 meters. Around 30 buildings were damaged. It was initially unclear whether the cause was a tornado. Nobody was injured. A large contingent of fire brigades, THW and police were on site. Saarland Minister of the Interior Reinhold Jost said “the damage caused us to fear worse”. The population was taken care of in the village community center. Storms move on to Bavaria Late in the evening, the thunderstorms move on towards Bavaria. There, the storm front resulted in countless fallen trees and traffic disruptions, but apparently no one was injured. “I don’t even know of a slightly injured person,” said a spokesman for the Regensburg police.
Police departments in the affected area said no major wind damage had occurred by midnight. “‘A fallen tree’ is currently the standard sentence I hear,” said a spokesman for the Augsburg police. People in danger or even injured have not yet been reported. According to the police, emergency services had to move out more than 200 times in the Rosenheim and Ingolstadt districts. There, too, the emergencies were largely limited to fallen trees and broken branches. In the district of Rosenheim, for example, a tree fell on a car and the construction site sign on a motorway near Regensburg blew onto the road. Scaffolding collapsed in Augsburg.
In Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg it was the hottest in Germany before the storms. Meteorologist Ursula Papassimeon from the German Weather Service (DWD) said that the peak temperature in Möhrendorf-Kleinseebach (Bavaria) was 37.2 degrees. In Kitzingen (Bavaria) as well as in Lahr/Black Forest and Notzingen (both Baden-Württemberg), the thermometer showed 37.0 degrees according to the DWD. Storms also in the north During the night there were also storms with heavy rain in northern Germany. In Oldenburg, streets in several parts of the city were completely under water. Water ingress occurred in the area of the emergency center in the Oldenburg Clinic. The fire brigade was called to several operations.
Severe weather also causes damage in France. The storm had previously raged in France. The ceiling of a supermarket collapsed in Dijon and 30 trees were uprooted in Vichy. Residents from various places in the region shared photos of large hailstones falling with the storm gusts, broadcaster BFMTV and newspaper Le Parisien reported. No one was injured. Storm gusts with a speed of over 100 kilometers per hour were registered in Dijon and Mulhouse. The French railways stopped traffic on some routes for safety reasons. Experts had recommended keeping windows and doors closed during the storm, securing outdoor objects and keeping your distance from buildings, trees, scaffolding and high-voltage lines. People should stay as little as possible outdoors.