Overview

• The national weather service and civil protection agency forecast widespread 50–80 liters per square meter with local peaks near 100 liters through Thursday morning.
• The DWD issued Alarmstufe Rot in parts of Saarland, Rheinland-Pfalz, Hessen and Baden-Württemberg, warning of danger to life from flooding, inundated buildings and landslides.
• Unwetterwarnung level 3 applies in areas including Unterfranken as well as the Regierungsbezirke Karlsruhe and Stuttgart, where prolonged downpours are expected.
• In the Alps, precipitation will fall as snow above roughly 1,800 meters with up to ten centimeters of new snow possible by early Thursday.
• Flood services report some gauges already above Meldestufe 1 with stage 2 possible, while northern Germany remains largely dry and sunny under a separate high-pressure influence.