The storm system arrived over western Slovakia. Torrential rainfall main problems
The storm system that formed over Austria, where it brought dangerous phenomena, arrived over our territory before midnight, and it is beginning to disintegrate. However, it brings very heavy rainfall.
The turn of the weeks on our territory ends with the cold front, which got over our territory before midnight. At that moment, the further progress of the storm system stopped and brought above all heavy rainfall to the surroundings of Bratislava and the regional western districts of Slovakia.
The formed storm system weakens
Numerous storm cells have sprung up over the wider Alps today, some of which have a supercellular structure. These storms bring extreme hail that was up to 8 cm in diameter.
During the evening hours, however, the storm cells began to cluster into larger units, and subsequently a storm system formed, which began to continue through Austria over the Czech Republic and our territory.
The storm system formed mainly over eastern Austria and gradually began to expand. It stretched from southern Bohemia, across Austria, Hungary to the Serbian border.
Lightning detection has already recorded more than 300,000 lightning strikes in our region by midnight.
recorded precipitation totals, source: blesky.bourky.cz
The storm system brings heavy rainfall
Numerical models announced that as the storm system reached the Slovak-Austrian border, it would begin to weaken, which is what happened. The storms brought significant lightning activity and heavy rainfall, which is related to the fact that the progress of the storm system stopped and literally “expires” over the western districts of Slovakia.
Therefore, the most abundant precipitation totals are recorded in the districts of Malacky, Senec, Pezinok and especially Bratislava and Dunajská Streda.
Among the professional rain gauges, the station at Bratislava Airport, where 32 mm fell, recorded the most heavy rainfall. Almost 20 mm fell in the center of Bratislava.
A network of private weather stations, however, the denser the more recorded terms totals. In Podunajské Biskupice, 47 mm had already fallen and in Šamorín about 40 mm.
Abundant these precipitation totals local problems. The water has already flooded several streets and roads.
In the coming hours, the storms will stop and the extreme west will only have a rain that will bring a few more millimeters. It will stop raining in the morning.