Overview
- The Deutscher Wetterdienst issued official severe‑thunderstorm warnings Tuesday evening for parts of southern and eastern Germany, citing heavy rain, hail up to about 3 cm and gusts near 100 km/h.
- Recent storms have already caused localized devastation, including a Thuringian town hit by a supercell and the Mönchengladbach–Aachen rail line closed for overhead‑line damage.
- The DWD warns multi‑hour intense downpours are possible, with local rates up to roughly 30–40 litres per square metre, and explicitly cautions about life‑threatening falling trees, lightning and flying debris.
- Forecasters expect a brief midweek cooling as the storm band and cooler Atlantic air move through, but models show strong heat returning by the weekend with highs again into the mid to high 30s in places.
- Ongoing impacts include transport outages, rapid crop losses and public‑health stress from warm nights, while Bavaria remains on elevated forest‑fire alert at warning level 4, keeping open‑flame restrictions in force.