Thunderstorm alert for Germany: Heavy rain, hail and flash floods expected until Friday

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• Home Panorama Thunderstorm alert for Germany: Heavy rain, hail and flash floods expected until Friday As of: 16.07.2026, 04:57 am Comments Follow us on Google Severe thunderstorms are brewing.

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• And when a thunderstorm cell stalls over a region and discharges its load for hours, locally rainfall amounts accumulate that a location normally does not see in four weeks – up to 100 liters are possible locally.

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• They could bring up to 100 liters of rain, flash floods and hail.

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• On our pages you will find worldwide city and local forecasts for the next 14 days and for the first 7 days in 1-hour resolution and for the following days in 3-hour resolution.

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• Munich – The south and southwest will already get it on Thursday (16.

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• July): The day everything kicks off On Friday (17.

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• Also in the far north and in the eastern center it thunders occasionally.

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• Only on the North Sea the wind freshens up strongly, with gusty winds there.

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