Orange vigilance for Thunderstorms were triggered for the day of Saturday June 29 in 28 departments, while a strong stormy episode will cross most of the country, according to Météo-France. It also placed 14 departments on orange “thunderstorm” alert for Sunday in the Grand-Est.
The meteorological service reduced the number of departments concerned on Saturday afternoon and evening by its orange “thunderstorms” vigilance, going from 34 departments reported at the end of the morning to 28 departments in its latest forecast bulletin published at the beginning of the afternoon. noon.
This orange “storms” vigilance now concerns Ain, Allier, Ardennes, Aube, Aveyron, Cantal, Cher, Côte-d’Or, Doubs, Jura, Loire, Lot, Marne, Haute-Marne, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle, Nièvre, Puy-de-Dôme, Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin, Rhône, Haute-Saône , Saône-et-Loire, Tarn, Vosges, Yonne and the Territoire de Belfort.
“The high altitude depression (“cold drop”) at the origin of the stormy degradation is currently rising over Spain towards the Pyrenees and the southwest of the country”notes Météo-France. “In Aquitaine: frequent storms were observed. They were associated with strong electrical activity, locally high rainfall intensities sometimes of 30 to 50 millimeters over the episode. Hail was also observed in places.”
Locally thundery showers
In the afternoon and evening on Saturday, “A thunderstorm will move from the southwest to the northeast of the country”warns Météo-France on its website in its orange “storms” alert sheet.
For the departments concerned by this vigilance, the meteorological service warns against “strong summer stormy situation which requires particular vigilance given the geographical extent and intensity of the forecast phenomena”.
“In addition to intense electrical activity, these storms can cause violent gusts of wind, hail and heavy accumulations of rain in a short time”warns Météo-France.
In Strasbourg, ahead of the arrival of possible storms, the town hall announced the closure from 5 p.m. of six municipal parks and the city’s nine cemeteries. “Their reopening will depend on the evolution of weather conditions”noted the municipality in a press release.
In Doubs, the Rencontres etroots music festival, which takes place from Friday to Sunday in Audincourt, announced on its Facebook page that it was not going to take “the risk of opening the festival” Saturday due to weather conditions, after welcoming nearly 14,000 festival-goers on Friday.
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Sunday will see the “return of calmer weather, but cool for the season”with some “stormy residue” in the morning “from the Grand-Est to Limousin and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes”and a “persistent risk of storms in Rhône-Alpes” in the afternoon, specifies Météo-France in its latest forecast bulletin.
