Weather alarm: violent thunderstorms threaten in the Rhine-Main area!

Weather alarm: violent thunderstorms threaten in the Rhine-Main area!

On Friday, June 6, 2025, the German Weather Service (DWD) issues a serious warning of thunderstorms in the Rhine-Main area. The weather warning applies until 10 p.m. and affects the cities of Frankfurt and Offenbach as well as the districts of Offenbach, Main-Taunus, Hochtaunus, Wetterau and Groß-Gerau. A strong thunderstorm can have significant consequences, such as crowded basements and flooded roads, such as op-online.de reported.

The DWD has currently published the warning level 1 for the majority of the area concerned. This level indicates general thunderstorm, with stronger warning levels up to extreme thunderstorms (warning level 4), which can go hand in hand with extremely heavy rain and intense winds. The situation is particularly serious, since the DWD explicitly warns of life risk from lightning strikes.

thunderstorm and forecasts

The thunderstorm warnings throughout Germany are systematically divided. In addition to the DWD warning, the Storm Center that thunderstorms are divided into preliminary warnings and acute warnings. While preliminary warnings signal an increased risk, acute warnings in the warning levels are issued orange, red and violet, depending on the serious and potential damage.

The situation over Central Europe is influenced by western currents, which leads to cool and windy weather. Occasionally, forecasts for the night of Saturday show occasional thunderstorms with purrs and gusts to wind force 7, especially in the western and northern regions of Germany. According to the predictions of wetteregen.eu there will be significant storm and hail rides, especially in the northern areas and around the North Sea.

regional effects

The possible effects of these thunderstorms should not be underestimated: regional heavy rain up to 30 l/sqm can occur in several hours, which increases the risk of flooding. During the weekend, thunderstorms are also expected in the middle and east of Germany, which are connected with toddler hail and heavy rainfall.

The predictions indicate that on Saturday afternoon in the east in particular storms with hail by 3 cm and heavy gusts of wind are possible up to 100 km/h (BFT 10). Even individual tornadoes cannot be excluded, which further tightens the situation.

The meteorological situation shows that continuous adaptation of the warnings is necessary in order to be able to react to the changing weather conditions in good time. Meteorologists work on the recording and evaluation of the weather data to protect the population in the best possible way.