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5 months

After posting footage of the supercell on Monday, my twitter account exploded like I'd never seen before. I hit 1000 followers, all thanks to you! To celebrate, here is a selection of photos from this very supercell:

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@DECGNwx

4 months

Not to jinx anything here, but the European high-res model 4x4, which is available for the US on an experimental basis, has the most violent supercell of the day go straight through Moore and the OKC metro. #wxtwitter

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@DECGNwx

5 months

MONSTROUS supercell west of Lille, France!

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@DECGNwx

4 months

Numerous reports of funnel clouds from Germany coming in: Northeim NI, Madebach NW, Rodenberg NI, Florstadt HE, Halle NI and Hausweiler RP. A few pictures below which I did not take myself

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@DECGNwx

2 months

Watching Saturday for a risk of severe weather. An eye catcher are the high amounts of MLCAPE. Most models currently predict around 4000 J/kg in southern Germany. These are immense values for this region of the planet.

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@DECGNwx

3 months

It's now time to take Tuesday seriously. Latest models depict several strong supercells riding along the warmfront over central Germany. A significant all-hazard setup is possible.

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@DECGNwx

5 months

#Tornado confirmed a mere 7 km from our position near Béthune in N France!! As you can see, the wallcloud was very low shortly before entering Lestrem. However at the exact time of the tornado, the RFD pushed between us and the meso, making it impossible to see. #EUwx

Keraunos

@KeraunosObs

5 months

🌪️ #Tornade confirmée à Lestrem, dans le Pas-de-Calais, au passage d'une supercellule le soir de ce lundi 8 avril. L'enquête de terrain menée par Keraunos met en évidence un couloir de dégâts de plusieurs kilomètres, avec des rafales d'au moins 120 km/h près du cœur de la tornade.

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@DECGNwx

1 year

Diese 154kA Bombe hab ich auf Kamera! Das Ding war so hell wie eine Blendgranate und hat auch aus gut 10 km Entfernung ordentlich gescheppert. @Kachelmannwettr Quelle:

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@DECGNwx

4 months

Amazing structure with the cluster of storms south of Venlo, NL!

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@DECGNwx

1 year

#OTDwx in 2022 Estofex issued a rare Level 3 for portions of Germany. Models the previous days had been going bonkers and a high-end, possibly even historic severe weather outbreak was expected. A THREAD:

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@DECGNwx

5 months

High lightning frequency with the supercell in N France

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@DECGNwx

1 year

8 YEARS AGO TODAY: A cyclic supercell embedded into an MCS produces at least 4 tornadoes in northern Germany. One of them grew to 1.5 km wide and earned a high-end F3 rating when it struck the town of Bützow, while deeply embedded in rain. Miraculously, nobody was killed.

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@DECGNwx

1 year

I need what ever tf Accuweather is smoking

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@DECGNwx

5 months

A radar frame you won't see again anytime soon! 1 1/2 hours ago, this storm with a well developed hook echo over the very centre of #Berlin dropped some larger hail. Haven't seen reports of anything else.

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@DECGNwx

5 months

A massive lightning bolt shoots out the inflow base of the Lille supercell as we are being chased by the RFD gustfront. I still haven’t really processed what we saw yesterday. I‘ll be looking through my footage now and hopefully share some more! #EUwx

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@DECGNwx

7 months

Counting the seconds till German storm season starts. American chasers have absolutely no clue what they are missing.

Jonny G.

@JonnyGlessner

7 months

Can’t wait for summer storms in Ohio. Colorado chasers don’t know what they’re missing

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@DECGNwx

1 year

The supercell north of Siegen via a report from the DWD app

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@DECGNwx

4 months

Intercepted a powerful hailstorm near Kall, Germany

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@DECGNwx

4 months

Die Gewitterbildung über dem Bergischen Land im Zeitraffer. Sogar bis hier nach Köln hat man es immer wieder rumpeln hören.

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@DECGNwx

1 year

@WeatherGamer21 Start evacuating everyone when this guy predicts a category 6 hurricane

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@DECGNwx

3 months

Very clear example of an MCV over western Germany currently. We‘re north of Koblenz about to intercept this as a little appetizer for the day.

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@DECGNwx

5 months

We are now approaching this powerful, as „extreme“ labelled supercell west of Lille, France.

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@DECGNwx

10 months

I think this would also be fun to do for all the Europeans here on #wxtwitter ! What was the highest ESTOFEX risk you've been in? My hometown saw three consecutive level 3s in 2010, 2015 and 2022. #EUwx

DeAndre Bevins

@DeAndre_Weather

10 months

Yo #wxtwitter ! What's the Highest Severe Weather Risk you've been in? Comment or Quote your answer and share a screenshot if possible! I'll start! Mines was recent: August 07, 2023 MDT risk (Last one today) #NWWXArchiveEvents

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@DECGNwx

2 months

@EthanKerr2003 „MY analytical model“ *shows windy. com*

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@DECGNwx

1 year

#OTDwx in 1764 one of the most violent tornadoes in world history touched down in Germany. The tornado was rated F5 with winds over 300mph; a large mansion was wiped off the map and nearby stubs of previously felled oak trees were ripped out of the ground and thrown. #wxtwitter

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@DECGNwx

1 year

A new, highly photogenic and very likely large hail producing supercell has crossed into SW Germany, and more is still coming!

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@DECGNwx

1 year

The developing bowecho in southern Germany is so strong it's glitching out on velocity radar. I have never seen something like this. The DWD has issued their equivalent of a PDS severe thunderstorm warning, expecting wind gusting to 140 km/h (87 mph) and 5 cm hail. #EUwx

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@DECGNwx

1 year

Watch #windstorm #POLY as it moves offshore over the unseasonably warm waters of the North Sea again: DWD discussed that the storm may be taking advantage of the warm SST which is highly unusual in this region and would explain the almost (sub)tropical structures near the center!

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@DECGNwx

1 year

Watch out for the 21nd ECMWF member. This is definitely going to happen! The storm of the century will strike the UK, BeNeLux, Germany and Denmark - in September! Absolutely zero doubts on this scenario. We should begin evacuating all of west and central Europe now #EUwx

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@DECGNwx

1 year

What on earth was bro smoking #notaforecast #EUwx

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@DECGNwx

1 year

At this range we have to seriously begin monitoring Thursday. As a shortwave approaches from the southwest, a very dangerous #severewx event may unfold across large portions of Germany. Very large hail, hurricane-force winds and #tornadoes all appear possible. #wxtwitter

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@DECGNwx

3 years

Die Front von #Antonia in Köln @Kachelmannwettr @Fabian_Ruhnau

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@DECGNwx

1 year

The QLCS from earlier produced a brief tornado in Denmark. It has now moved off into Poland and is weakening, but strong winds are still likely.

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@DECGNwx

3 months

Superzelle mit niedriger Wallcloud zieht von Luxemburg nach RP. Erhöhte Tornadogefahr! @Kachelmannwettr @DWD_presse

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@DECGNwx

5 months

We can now confirm that we didn’t see the #tornado as it touched down but were only 6 km away. However I could imagine that I captured the developing funnel in this shot, taken roughly 10 mins before the tornado touched down. #EUwx

Keraunos

@KeraunosObs

5 months

🌪️Publication du dossier sur la #tornade de Lestrem (Pas-de-Calais) : son sillon de dégâts s'étire sur un parcours de 6 km, avec une intensité maximale EF1. A découvrir : des photos inédites de la supercellule, prises environ 20 min avant qu'elle produise la tornade. Dossier

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@DECGNwx

3 months

Aerial footage from today's damage survey in #Hagen reveals that a #tornado was most likely responsible for the damage that occured. More information to follow

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@DECGNwx

1 year

A tornado has been reported with this picture in Bavaria, looks like there could be a funnel but the tree is in the way, so we‘ll have to wait for further information

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@DECGNwx

4 months

Incredible structure observed with a supercell which moved from northeastern France into southwestern Germany this evening.

Unwetter-Freaks

@unwetterfreaks

4 months

Eine weitere Aufnahme der Superzelle im deutsch-französischen Grenzgebiet vor einer Stunde, aufgenommen bei Hügelsheim. Danke an Franziska für die Zusendung!

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@DECGNwx

4 months

A flash of lightning illuminates the rainwrap-RFD marching around and engulfing the mesocyclone. Moments later, the supercell would produce a tornado. 8 April 2024 west of Lille, France

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@DECGNwx

5 months

Another busy day of surveying damage today. But, we're finished now. There is a continuous damage path stretching more than 5 km across Vlodrop NL and north of Effeld DE. Peak width around 350 m, mostly below 200 m though. More info coming...

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@DECGNwx

6 months

Mammatuswolken am Himmel über #K öln

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@DECGNwx

5 months

Did we capure the #tornado in Lestrem, FR on Monday? Let's analyse: @KeraunosObs Based on this radar frame, I would estimate the time of tornado to be around 21:10 CEST. Very clear rotation north of Béthune can be seen.

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@DECGNwx

2 months

Amazing clear view of this newly developed rightmoving supercell and its weaker anticyclonic sister from Arcachon, France!

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@DECGNwx

1 year

Highly impressive UFO-like mothership structure right now on the supercell near Nuremberg, Germany! Something like this as early as March is just unbelievable.

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@DECGNwx

1 year

Wallcloud associated with the southern supercell

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@DECGNwx

1 year

Of course there's no 9 June without mentioning the devastating bowecho that struck parts of W Germany on this day in 2014. With winds around 150km/h, it struck the largest metropolitan area in all of Germany, resulting in 650 million € in damage and 6 casualties. #OTDwx

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@DECGNwx

1 year

Keep an eye on Sunday! ICON (displayed here) and other models suggest an unstable and well-sheared warmsector over parts of France, BeNeLux and Germany, with a coldfront pushing in from the west. That means time for #severewx 👀 #EUwx #wxtwitter

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@DECGNwx

4 months

A selection of unedited shots from the stormchase yesterday afternoon and evening. While not brewing up the strongest storms, this setup surely delivered on structure. #EUwx #uwde

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@DECGNwx

2 years

Massive shelfcloud seen in northern Germany today with a pretty random bow-echo. The images are from reports from the DWD app.

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@DECGNwx

1 year

Just in: Todays #tornado has recieved a preliminary F2 rating! This would be first SigTor in Germany since February. Considering the path stretches from Luxembourg to Mülbach as described here, we'd have to expect a track length of at least 10 km. #EUwx #uwde

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@DECGNwx

1 year

Goodbye #Kassel 👋

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@DECGNwx

2 months

1 year ago today an incredible severe weather streak was ramping up over southern Europe. Over the span of of more than 16 hours, this very supercell alone moved from Slovenia well into Romania, producing very large to giant hail along its path.

Hailz Serbia

@Hailz_Serbia

2 months

📍 Vrbas, sever Srbije, pre godinu dana. 13. 7. 2023.

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@DECGNwx

1 year

Model agreement on a windstorm affecting BNL, GER & DEN has skyrocketed. Hurricane-force gusts 120-130 km/h seem likely, but in case of sting-jet formation, even gusts exceeding 140-150 km/h cannot be ruled out. This would be a disaster since trees etc are fully leafy. #Euwx

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@DECGNwx

1 year

🚨Weather Enthusiasts from western and central Europe, let us all come together to pray that the GFS is correct. Let‘s pray that this pattern has now become entrenched for the entire summer. #EUwx #wxtwitter

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@DECGNwx

1 year

A powerful MCS with winds recorded well into hurricane-force is currently traversing southern Germany. I received the picture from the DWD app, it already looks crazy for just being a picture. #EUwx #uwde

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@DECGNwx

5 months

Today a horse watched me as I was surveying possible #tornado damage north of Heinsberg in far western Germany. Note the different falling directions with the trees in the first 2 pictures.

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@DECGNwx

4 months

As a little appetizer for today, mostly weak storms already brought some photogenic lightning to Belgium last night.

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@DECGNwx

4 months

Apparent supercell near Reutlingen in southern Germany about to have a mesoscale incident with new convection in its forward flank. Let's see how this one plays out

PyroLucaHD

@PyroLucaHD

4 months

(Super)zelle nähe #Reutlingen !

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@DECGNwx

1 year

A dangerous situation will likely develop tomorrow afternoon and into the overnight hours across parts of central Europe, as strong supercells are expected to develop and quickly merge into one or more intense MCSs capable of causing swaths of destructive winds. #EUwx

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@DECGNwx

2 years

Supercell near Montabau, Germany! This is a strong storm with an increased tornado risk, wind and hail as well as lots of lightning!

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@DECGNwx

1 year

SHD, you good? A supercellular 150 km/h downburst in March? While I'm questioning the sanity of the SHD, it appears like a severe event's going to occur on Monday across S France and S Germany, with the highest risk towards France for Hurricane-force winds and possibly a tornado

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@DECGNwx

2 years

A tornado has been confirmed already in late February in the case of Casekow, Germany. A brief F1T3 QLCS tornado tracked at least 1.1km through southern Casekow damaging homes and 3 utility halls, as well as snapping trees. It's the first confirmed tornado in Germany of 2022.

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@DECGNwx

1 year

Potent severe storms active over east Germany. Incredibly, I can even see some distant flashes just above the horizon here, around 300 km away. That’s a new European record for me!

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@DECGNwx

5 months

Approaching southern Belgium for a chance of supercells capable of all hazards in the coming hours.

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@DECGNwx

4 months

User on the DWD app reported a tornado north of Frankfurt. It’s unknown if this actually had ground contact but it apprears there was at least a funnel cloud

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@DECGNwx

3 months

Put this on Wikipedia

hendrik

@wxhendr

3 months

distinctive (sub)vortex signatures I found in crops during the site survey of three tornadoes that were produced by a cyclic supercell in northern Germany on June 18, 2024. More will be published via @TorKUDde .

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@DECGNwx

4 months

Irgendwie hat es das Gewitter bei Düsseldorf geschafft zu rotieren

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@DECGNwx

1 year

A line of severe thunderstorms is now moving into Frankfurt

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@DECGNwx

1 year

What the hell ‼️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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@DECGNwx

2 years

It’s official! I saw my first ever tornado while chasing the supercell near Montabaur, Germany on Friday! This is now confirmed according to the Tornadoliste and also registered in the ESWD database. No rating has been applied yet, but it should be an F0-F1. Great feeling!

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@DECGNwx

1 year

What do you do when 2 major high-res models look this different just 17 hours out? This is not a rethorical question. Tomorrow west Germany could get anything from rainshowers to a supercell outbreak with increased tornado risk. Spoiler: the first scenario is more likely. #EUwx

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@DECGNwx

1 year

Quite photogenic Arcus now with the line segment south of Nuremberg

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@DECGNwx

1 year

Well well, this is interesting, the GFS, a global model, is showing 90 km/h winds from an MCS… This would be truly worrying in case it comes true. Note however that other models do not see anything like this at the moment. #notaforecast #EUwx #wxtwitter

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@DECGNwx

5 months

18z SHD is giving no time to breathe: A very dangerous scenario is depicted for Monday evening across the DE/NL border region, as powerful supercells with plenty of CAPE to their disposal interact with a well sheared warmfront. #Tornadoes could become a real possibility there.

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@DECGNwx

1 year

8 YEARS AGO TODAY: A tornado outbreak hits Germany on May 12 & 13, 2015. Several weak and even strong tornadoes touched down over the course of two days, causing significant damage, but the worst didn't happen until the late evening of May 13.... A thread:

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@DECGNwx

1 year

The risk of supercells interacting with the warmfront in central France which I also mentioned in the Convective Outlook for @Eurowarn1 just verified (😎). Dangerous right veering supercell with well-defined hook making its way northeast, increased tornado potential with this one

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@DECGNwx

6 months

Now here are some pictures of the #thunderstorm in the #K öln area today. Considering this was my first ever storm chasing practice run, I think it turned out great! #EUwx #uwde

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@DECGNwx

4 months

Snapshots straight from the SD card of the storms we intercepted near Venlo a while ago

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@DECGNwx

1 year

Cloud tops with this activity reached up to -76°C. Very rare at these latitudes, it shows how powerful this system is. I actually don't remember ever seeing cloud tops this cold in Germany... #EUwx

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@DECGNwx

1 year

A powerful MCS with winds recorded well into hurricane-force is currently traversing southern Germany. I received the picture from the DWD app, it already looks crazy for just being a picture. #EUwx #uwde

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@DECGNwx

4 months

I hope one day Germany will discover that for good storms you need windshear, and not just CAPE

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@DECGNwx

3 months

We observed a very low hanging wallcloud on the supercell southeast of Luxembourg City yesterday. Several times, suspicious clouds appeared under the mesocyclone. If these were actually rotating funnels or just scud was impossible to tell from afar.

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@DECGNwx

1 year

BREAKING: The DWD has placed large portions of Germany under a severe thunderstorm watch for Thursday; they expect winds up to 140 km/h, large #hail up to 7 cm and #tornadoes ! Not a good sign that they put one out so early, probably gonna see an update tomorrow morning...

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@DECGNwx

3 years

The QLCS that crossed Germany last night had many smaller and bigger embedded mesovortices evident on doppler radar. Since there was an increased tornado risk, investigations for possible related tornadoes will be made over the coming days. 1/2

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@DECGNwx

3 months

meine Unwetterfotos im Profil

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@DECGNwx

2 months

Das MCS abgefangen bei Koblenz gegen 23 Uhr

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@DECGNwx

3 months

tTime to mention the shift in the weather pattern which is now forecast to occur next week. With troughing from the UK down to Iberia, Germany comes under the influence of southwesterly flow. Besides higher temps, we could very well see a return of storm season with this.

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@DECGNwx

4 months

The 2024 season is starting. Here are 4 pictures from my first month of active stormchasing. That was only April. I'm very excited for what is yet to come

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@DECGNwx

4 months

@KreisRhein Linie grade abgefangen

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@DECGNwx

1 year

A strong MCS with destructive #winds is currently sweeping across the Balkans. Widespread damage has been reported in its wake. Unfortunately as far as I know, 3 people have passed away as a result of this violent storm, however I cannot confirm these reports. #EUwx

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@DECGNwx

1 year

Who wants 12100 J/kg of SBCAPE? Measured today by a weather balloon in Kolkata, India

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@DECGNwx

5 months

QLCS intercept with some strong winds. Also heard a few claps of thunder, making today the 4th thunderstorm day of 2024 for me

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@DECGNwx

5 months

Even the German Weather Service has mentioned the possibility of tornadoes in their latest storm forecast for today:

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@DECGNwx

1 year

Models continue to indicate that large portions of #Germany could get another shot for some decent thunderstorms by the middle and 2nd half of next week. We gotta take everything we can get here... #EUwx Model source:

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@DECGNwx

1 year

@WxNB_ @UWSSEC I‘m at the French Atlantic coast now, gonna post an update on the sunset once it‘s here 😄

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@DECGNwx

3 months

Very Low wallcloud on the supercell in far southeastern Luxembourg right now

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@DECGNwx

1 year

So far, damaging winds seem to be the main problem as severe storms are moving through the France/Switzerland/Germany tripoint area. Reports of damage also coming in from the German side, here via the DWD app. Long day ahead. #EUwx Radar credit: Pflotsh Storm app

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@DECGNwx

1 year

#Daniel looks terrible this evening, all deep convection has died down in its final hours before landfall. Strong windshear and dry air are getting to it. Originally it was expected to intensify up until landfall but it seems the opposite is happening - a blessing for Libya.

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@DECGNwx

1 year

July 15th, 1582: The village of Rockhausen, Germany is wiped off the map by a violent tornado. However, nobody was killed in this incident, apparently because everyone took shelter in basements. So I guess people in 1582 knew how to handle a tornado, unlike people in 2023??

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@DECGNwx

5 months

Tomorrow looks interesting as a QLCS is forecast to move from BeNeLux into Germany. While a brief weak tornado cannot be ruled out, severe straight-line winds up to 100 km/h will definitely be the biggest hazard. Might try to intercept this on a field outside the city.

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@DECGNwx

4 months

The list is quickly growing, now 8 cases of funnels and mayhaps tornadoes: Northeim, NI Iserlohn, NW Medebach, NW Halle, NI Florstadt, HE Heusweiler, SL Rodenberg, NI Schorndorf, BW

BlaulichtRheinlandNRW

@nrw_blaulicht

4 months

+++ Update +++ 📍Iserlohn Ein sogenannter „Funnel“ wurde über Iserlohn gesichtet! @Kachelmannwettr @sturmwetter1703 @DWD_presse #Unwetter #NRW

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