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Court Filing Reveals AEMET Forecasted 6 p.m. Interior Peak and Shift Toward Serranía de Cuenca

The new transcripts contradict earlier denials by AEMET leadership, sharpening a judicial probe into the timing of public warnings.

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El Grupo de predicción y vigilancia de Barcelona aseguró, a preguntas del técnico de sala València, que la inestabilidad podría ir "hacía la serranía de Cuenca (...) Igual que a las 12 de la noche cambia hacia la zona de Teruel, pero no es lo que nos ha preocupado hasta ahora"

Overview

  • The investigating court received a 272-page dossier from the Generalitat’s Emergencias unit that includes full transcriptions of calls with AEMET on October 29.
  • In a 09:43 call, AEMET told Emergencias the red alert’s peak could be at 18:00 in the interior and confirmed maintaining maximum alerts for the interior and north coast of Valencia until that hour.
  • At 11:26, in a conversation attributed to AEMET’s José Ángel Núñez, Emergencias referenced an evolution toward the Serranía de Cuenca and Núñez replied, “Eso, sí.”
  • In a 16:16 exchange, AEMET said models showed the precipitation maximum shifting northwest, with the highest intensity between 18:00 and 21:00 in the Serranía de Cuenca.
  • The evidence challenges prior public statements by AEMET’s head of Meteorology denying such guidance and feeds the court’s examination of interagency communication and warning decisions during the DANA.