The German Weather Service ( DWD ) announced the weekend of 19 and 20 June as offering " heat , lightning and tropic night " . In big piece of Germany , the heat and tropical night ended on Monday , June 21 . What remained was a static electrical storm situation - peculiarly over the southern one-half of Germany . Only at the weekend , the storm situation would quiet down , at least for a few day , due to the arrival of a high pressure system . Yesterday , we already publishedan articleabout the wicked hail storm destroying German greenhouse . As we have receive more information from a Press Release since then , we hereby give you some additional info about the effects of the knockout conditions in Germany .
After the first part heavy damages cause by hail and heavy rain on Monday -particularly in Baden - Württemberg as well as in the south and southeastward of Bavaria- this thunderstorm position culminated in another , significantly prominent scathe result for the horticultural sector on Wednesday , June 23 .
This Plexiglas coating was entirely shatter by hail on June 23 . pic : © GV
Tennis ball - sized hail stonesJune 23 showed devastating horticultural damages . Both the Stuttgart region and parts of Bavaria were affected , such as the large Munich area and the administrative districts of Lower Bavaria and Swabia . There were hail storms , sometimes dropping stones the size of a lawn tennis ball , and operose rainfall .
Hail the size of lawn tennis balls hit the Reutlingen realm in especial . Among other thing , it completely shatter the Plexiglas roofing of a big greenhouse for ornamental plants . ( See photo 1 )
Damage get by hail and/or heavy pelting can be find throughout the integral horticultural sector . In addition to greenhouse facilities that were damage by hail , potted plant life in the open as well as greenhouse quarters were smashed by the hail or stand in water . Sales areas of retail readiness and garden centers were also affect .
" We await around 100 case of equipment casualty from Wednesday alone , plus the damage that has come about since Monday , " said Manfred Klunke , chairperson of the horticultural insurance policy party , on the potential extent of the equipment casualty . Expressed in euros , this is likely to mean between € 5 and € 10 million in recompense payment . The experts of the horticulture insurance , who have been working in the damage domain since the rootage of the workweek , immediately started to settle the title .
Gale - power lead also had a sporadic impact - as in this glasshouse one-fourth . Photos : © GV
The weather situationVarious lowly - pressure area get live , very humid and unstable Mediterranean air to accumulate in Germany over the weekend of June 19 - 20 . The probability of thunderstorms , specially hailstorms mate with heavy rain and squall , increase precipitously over the course of the weekend . Thus , already on Saturday evening , June 19 , heavy electrical storm moved from France to Germany , which already pip the west and NW of the state , especially with impenetrable rain and individual squalls .
In the course of Sunday , June 20 , a orotund - scale hard electrical storm situation build up over big parts of Germany , again coming from France . This finally unloaded with a first bill on Monday , June 21 - with a focus over the southern half of Germany . While the sultriness and warmth break up , the thunderstorm post persist in the due south and heart . It then take fire again on June 23 . This atmospheric condition situation is expected to continue up to and including Friday , June 25 . After a temporary calming over the weekend , meteorologist gestate increasingly muggy strain from the southwestern United States at the twist of the month , which will eventually spread over large piece of Germany . harmonise to the DWD , a nationwide storm situation with heavy thunderstorms is threatening again .
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