10:30 p.m. weather update
Thunderstorms circulate on the Saône-et-Loire, the Côte d’Or and the Haute-Marne. On the Marne and the Ardennes, thunderstorms move away towards Belgium. An isolated storm cell is currently circulating in Meurthe-et-Moselle and should reach the Moselle. Hail is likely in the most intense cells.
Violent gusts of wind were observed as the storms passed: 130km / h at Clamecy (89) at 7 p.m., 93km / h at St Mards (10) at 8 p.m., 95km / h at Saulces-Champenoise (08) at 9 p.m. Strong accumulations of rain were also observed: 26mm in 1 hour in Charny (89), 30mm in 1 hour in Savigny (89), 24mm in Reims (51).
The storms continue to gradually rise towards Belgium: they are leaving the Marne and are currently crossing the Ardennes. The risk of thunderstorms remains strong on the Meuse, Meurthe-et-Moselle and Moselle with the progression of thunderstorms that rise from Haute-Marne.
Thunderstorms are organized and present a risk of violent phenomena. Thunderstorms can indeed be accompanied by hail, intense electrical activity, heavy precipitation of up to 30 or 40 mm in a short time, and gusts of wind between 80 and 100 km / h, occasionally. a bit more.
The thunderstorms evacuate towards Belgium and Luxembourg during the night.
For tomorrow Sunday: orange vigilance for a risk of violent thunderstorms in the Nièvre, Saône-et-Loire, Côte-d’Or, and Franche-Comté.
Thunderstorms are back in the middle of the day on Sunday from the south over Burgundy. They extend at the very beginning of the afternoon to Franche-Comté. Thunderstorms can indeed be accompanied by hail, intense electrical activity, heavy precipitation of up to 30 to 50 mm in a short time, and gusts of wind between 80 and 100 km / h, occasionally. 110 km / h or more.
These potentially violent thunderstorms could shift into the second part of Sunday afternoon over Alsace and Lorraine and passing through Haute-Marne. The extension of the orange vigilance will be done if necessary on a next update of the meteorological vigilance on Sunday morning.
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Incredible hailstones of around ten centimeters in diameter fell in the area of Valdahon, in the Doubs, this Saturday around 7 p.m., causing significant damage to the roofs and cars of residents.
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Update on the weather at 7 p.m.
Thunderstorms circulate on the Nièvre and the Yonne, overflowing on the western frontage of the Côte-d’Or and the Saône-et-Loire. Hail is likely in the most intense cells. Wind gusts of the order of 50 to 60 km / h were observed, but not far from there on the Cher gusts of 80 to 100 km / h were observed.
For this Saturday evening and night from Saturday to Sunday: orange vigilance for a risk of violent thunderstorms in Burgundy, Champagne-Ardenne, Meuse, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Moselle.
Thunderstorms are already well developed over western Burgundy. They gradually go up towards Champagne (around 7 to 8 p.m.) then at the beginning of the night on the Ardennes and the north of Lorraine (around 9 or 10 p.m.). Thunderstorms are organized and present a risk of violent phenomena. Thunderstorms can indeed be accompanied by hail, intense electrical activity, heavy precipitation of up to 30 or 40 mm in a short time, and gusts of wind between 80 and 100 km / h, occasionally. a bit more.
The thunderstorms evacuate towards Belgium and Luxembourg during the night.
For tomorrow Sunday: orange vigilance for a risk of violent thunderstorms on the Nièvre, the Saône-et-Loire, the Côte-d’Or, the Franche-Comté.
Thunderstorms are back in the middle of the day on Sunday from the south over Burgundy. They extend at the very beginning of the afternoon to Franche-Comté. Thunderstorms can indeed be accompanied by hail, intense electrical activity, heavy precipitation of up to 30 to 50 mm in a short time, and gusts of wind between 80 and 100 km / h, occasionally. 110 km / h or more.
These potentially violent thunderstorms could shift into the second part of Sunday afternoon over Alsace and Lorraine and passing through Haute-Marne.
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Météo France placed 51 departments on orange vigilance this Saturday afternoon for the risk of thunderstorms or heat waves. From the end of the afternoon, “the thunderstorms are organized and increase with a risk of violent phenomena”, indicates Météo France.
This morning, 28 departments were placed in vigilance orange storms. Over the hours, 23 departments have been added to this list, including Doubs, Jura, Haute-Saône and Territoire-de-Belfort.
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In Lorraine and Franche-Comté
In a hot and heavy atmosphere, isolated thunderstorms are developing in the middle of the afternoon mainly on and around mountain ranges, without showing any particular virulence.
It is especially from the end of the afternoon in Burgundy (around 6 p.m.), from the evening in Champagne (around 8 p.m.), and from the start of the night in the Ardennes and northern Lorraine (around 10 p.m. ), that thunderstorms are organized. They are growing with the risk of violent phenomena.
Thunderstorms can indeed be accompanied by hail, intense electrical activity, heavy precipitation of up to 30 or 40 mm in a short time, and gusts of wind between 80 and 100 km / h, occasionally. a bit more.
The thunderstorms evacuate towards Belgium and Luxembourg during the night.
For tomorrow Sunday, orange vigilance for a risk of violent thunderstorms in Franche-Comté. Thunderstorms are back in the middle of the day on Sunday from the south over Burgundy. They extend at the very beginning of the afternoon to Franche-Comté. Thunderstorms can indeed be accompanied by hail, intense electrical activity, heavy precipitation of up to 30 to 50 mm in a short time, and gusts of wind between 80 and 100 km / h, occasionally. 110 km / h or more.
These potentially violent thunderstorms could shift to the second part of Sunday afternoon over Alsace and Lorraine. and passing through the Haute-Marne.
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“These violent storms will be characterized by strong electrical activity, heavy rainfall (20 to 50 mm in a short time), hail and gusts of wind often close to 80 km / h, sometimes even exceeding 100 km. / h, “Météo France explained this morning.
Risk of heatwave in the Rhône
The thunderstorms this Saturday afternoon will resume Sunday morning after a lull in the night. They will reach the Massif Central in the morning, then the North-East in the afternoon. Wind gusts can sometimes exceed 100km / h locally. More departments could therefore be classified in orange vigilance Sunday morning.
“It should be noted that in the departments placed in yellow vigilance, a risk of violent thunderstorms also exists, particularly from the South-West to the Massif Central, but these thunderstorms should remain more localized”, specifies Météo France.
In addition to orange storm vigilance, the Rhône is also placed on orange heatwave alert this Saturday. Temperatures exceed 30 degrees in the department this afternoon.
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