The north and east of Slovakia were hit by floods. The downpour is now expected especially in the west
During Sunday, precipitation occurred in several places of our territory, while it was local and more significant. Intense precipitation in combination with storms affected mainly the east of Slovakia and Orava. Hearty will now move to additional locations.
After a series of several heat waves, a rolling cold front from the west began to penetrate our area from Friday. At first, many were happy.
After all, it brought cooling, but also storms, which were accompanied by precipitation. Slovakia urgently needs them, as a larger part of our territory suffers from drought.
While the situation was bearable during Friday, Saturday already brought the first problems. Stronger storms formed in the vicinity of the Tatras, which brought with them gusty winds and torrential rainfall. Slovakia was still stable, the Polish side fared worse in the border areas. Flash floods flooded a few villages there.
Flooding in one of the municipalities in Poland, near the border with Slovakia, source: facebook.com/@112malopolska
Sunday was critical in several places
Numerous storms formed during today’s day. They first arose once again in the Tatras region, but subsequently spread mainly to the east of the territory.
They hit the hardest in the vicinity of Prešov. therefore, due to flash floods, the police had to close the D1 section as well. At the 385th km, the section between Chminianská Nova Vsa and Fričovci, the slope collapsed.
However, Sabinov also reported water on the roads. Drivers had to endure delays on several sections, while some were completely closed.
Flash flood on D1 near Prešov, source: Maťo Martinov
Orava took the worst of it
Almost everything that formed around the Tatras, whether it was storms or rain, headed further to the northwest. Therefore, it rained on Orava for practically several hours, which did not remain without consequences.
The first news comes from Trstena. The Vlčí potok watercourse was spilled in the Západ housing estate. The water reached the streets in such a way that the city declared a third level of flood activity. However, other watercourses also rose. A critical situation also occurred in the village of Oravice.
This is what it looked like near the village of Oravice in the afternoon, source: Dominik Janiga
Over 100 mm of rain fell
Radar data already indicated that a lot of precipitation could fall in some places. Even the rain gauge stations proved them right.
After 8 p.m., we can already state that it rained in Trstena within 24 hours 102 mm of precipitation. Other stations also report high totals. It goes, for example o Tvrdošín (94.8 mm), Lokca (73.9 mm) or the aforementioned Oravice where 61.6 mm of rain fell. Don’t even leave the exit.
92 mm of rain fell in Lipovce near Sabinov. In the far east, in Osadno, 34.7 mm and in Hranovnice or Tatranská Javorina 50 mm.
source: shmu.sk
It will also rain heavily in the west
An intense field of precipitation is now moving over western Slovakia and will remain over western Slovakia until Tuesday morning. Numerical models expect that more than 100 mm of precipitation will occasionally fall in western Slovakia. The heaviest rain should occur at night and during Monday. Then the precipitation will weaken.
expected amount of precipitation
However, this will not be the end of the collisions. During Monday and also on Tuesday, more precipitation and storms can be expected in Slovakia, which can cause problems.