Thunderstorms: 19 western departments orange alert – Le Parisien

August 12, 2015, 10:16 | Updated: August 12, 2015, 4:45 p.m.

Risk “violent” thunderstorms. Meteo France placed this Wednesday 19 departments in western France in orange alert storms “locally strong” from 18 pm until 11 o’clock Thursday morning.

The departments concerned were in first those of the Basse-Normandie (Calvados, Manche and Orne), Côtes d’Armor, Finistère, Ille-et-Vilaine and Mayenne. At 16 hours, the Institute of Meteorology has lengthened the list of 12 departments. Are now also concerned departments of Aquitaine (Gironde, Landes, Pyrenees-Atlantiques, Lot-et-Garonne and Dordogne), Haute-Normandie (Seine-Maritime and Eure), Charente, Charente-Maritime, the Gers, Hautes-Pyrenees and the Sarthe.

Weather France calls for “particular attention to the extent that there is a risk of violent phenomena.” Ilrecommande particular caution and vigilance for “travel and leisure activities” and the “precautions” to “protect against the effects of lightning.”

According to Meteo France, “an evolution stormy marked is expected in late afternoon in southern Brittany, Maine, extending evening and the next night in intensifying across all departments concerned. These thunderstorms will be accompanied by locally heavy rain and hail, as well as sudden and strong gusts of wind. “

In the Southwest,”

the first storm should burst early night in the coastal departments Aquitaine. Then they will multiply and organize themselves into a vast area covering the end of the night all of Aquitaine, west of Midi-Pyrénées, Charente and Charente-Maritime, before morning shift Thursday eastward gradually losing intensity. Under this storm system, rain totals may exceed 50mm sometimes, hail falls are likely locally as well as strong wind gusts from 70 to 80 km / h. “

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