part of Lorraine and Franche-Comté in orange vigilance

Update 10 p.m. – Thunderstorms are coming

A line of thunderstorms extends from the Nièvre to Luxembourg, with more marked activity on the Côte d’Or where hail and heavy rainfall are very likely.

Expected development: The current thunderstorms are progressing rapidly towards the northeast, reaching Haute-Marne, Haute-Saône and Vosges in the next two hours. To a lesser extent, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Moselle, then Alsace are also concerned.

In Metz, the election of the Queen of Mirabelle was interrupted by the rain indicate our colleagues from the Republican Lorrain.

Thunderstorms, rain, hail and even lightning were on the menu this Saturday evening in the Metz sector. The impressive images in the article by Républicain Lorrain.

Météo France has just placed four departments in northeastern France on orange vigilance for thunderstorms. These are the Côte-d’Or, the Vosges, Haute-Marne and Haute-Saône.

Update 7 p.m. – Delay for thunderstorms

A few thunderstorms are currently circulating in Champagne-Ardenne. The expected marked degradation has not yet started. The maximum temperatures of the day have already been reached with 27 ° C in Epinal (88), 28 ° C in Langres (52) and Vesoul (70), and up to 30 ° C in Dijon (21).

After the heat of this Saturday, thunderstorms formed over Burgundy in the early evening. They then shift in the night towards the North-East to concern a large part of Burgundy Franche-Comté as well as the Grand-Est. The most frequent and violent thunderstorms concern in particular the 4 departments placed in orange vigilance.

Short-lived, this stormy episode promises to be marked with a risk of violent phenomena:

– strong electrical activity is expected

– hailstones with a diameter of between 3 and 5 cm are possible

– heavy rains are also expected, with locally 30 to 40 mm in an hour or less

– wind gusts of 90 to 100 km / h are possible, locally more.

During the night, these thunderstorms evacuate to the east and showers of lower intensity can still spray the whole region before the end of the night.

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