The ZAMG experts were expecting heavy showers and thunderstorms from the afternoon onwards, although these shouldn’t be as severe as on Monday. And they should be right. Around 6:30 p.m., the storm front coming from Bavaria reached the Salzkammergut and the Innviertel, a little later thunder and lightning also hit the central area.
Large amounts of precipitation
Locally, large amounts of precipitation came together within a few minutes, which also caused smaller streams to burst their banks. In Schwarzenberg in the Bohemian Forest, for example, 30.8 mm were measured in just 30 minutes, 29.7 mm in Hellmonsödt and 26.6 mm in Linz.
As of 7:30 p.m., the state fire brigade command only reported isolated operations due to flooding. For example, in Offenhausen (Wels-Land district), Weibern (Grieskirchen district), Ottnang am Hausruck (Vöcklabruck district) and Hinterstoder (Kirchdorf an der Krems district), helpers went out to eliminate the floods. It was necessary to pump out flooded cellars and clear traffic routes again. In the Mühlviertel and Innviertel, the emergency services were also alerted to storm damage.
Dozens of firefighting operations
The number of assignments increased continuously. At around 8:15 p.m., the thunderstorms reached the Mühlviertel, and here, too, storm damage had to be dealt with. Around 50 alarms throughout Upper Austria were counted up to 9 p.m., some of which also involved extinguishing operations as a result of lightning strikes.
For example, lightning struck a haystack in Allerheiligen in Mühlkreis (Perg district), but the fire brigade was able to quickly give the all-clear. Compared to the previous day, the volume of work for the emergency services was limited overall. Nothing was known about major damage on Tuesday evening.
You can see pictures from the storm night on Monday in this gallery:
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Again thunderstorm warning for Wednesday
The weather should calm down a bit for the time being during the coming night, but further thunderstorms are not excluded, even late at night. On Wednesday showers and thunderstorms will initially pass, but these will soon give way to dry and often sunny weather.
The air remains very unstable, in the afternoon widespread rain showers and sometimes strong thunderstorms are possible. Hail, heavy rain and again gusts of wind are an issue. The focus on Wednesday is on the Passau – Ried i. Innkreis – Bad Ischl eastwards, according to the ZAMG forecast on Tuesday afternoon.
From today’s perspective, Thursday will bring somewhat more stable weather with sunshine in the lowlands, in the mountains and Mühlviertel the chance of showers and thunderstorms will increase again in the afternoon. Early temperatures are 13 to 18 degrees, the maximum values reach 27 to 31 degrees.
Editor’s note: This article will be updated as more information becomes available.
Warning details
Video: The storms caused some considerable damage on Tuesday night, especially in eastern Upper Austria. The storm front moved north from Styria through the districts of Kirchdorf, Steyr-Land, Linz-Land, Perg and the Urfahr area.
Here you can follow the weather radar live:
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