Severe thunderstorms with large hail across <scp>Germany</scp> in <scp>June</scp> 2019
Jannik Wilhelm, Susanna Mohr, Heinz Jürgen Punge, Bernhard Mühr, Manuel Schmidberger, James Daniell, Kristopher M. Bedka, Michael Kunz
Abstract
From 10 to 12 June 2019, severe thunderstorms affected large parts of Germany. Hail larger than golf ball size caused considerable damage, especially in the Munich area where losses amount to EUR 1 billion. This event thus ranks among the ten most expensive hail events in Europe in the last 40 years. Atmospheric blocking in combination with a moist, unstably stratified air mass provided an excellent setting for the development of severe, hail-producing thunderstorms across the country.
Topics & Concepts
ThunderstormMeteorologyEnvironmental scienceBlocking (statistics)ClimatologySevere weatherGeographyAtmospheric sciencesGeologyStormMathematicsStatisticsMeteorological Phenomena and SimulationsCryospheric studies and observationsFire effects on ecosystems