Salva alarm: violent thunderstorms and hail threaten in Frankfurt!

Salva alarm: violent thunderstorms and hail threaten in Frankfurt!

Main-Taunus-Kreis, Deutschland - A violent thunderstorm pulls over Hesse and ensures alarming warnings: heavy rains, hail and stormy gusts are common. For today, July 21, 2025, the German Weather Service (DWD) announces a three-stage warning in various regions that also affect the Rhine-Main area. Special precautions apply in cities such as Frankfurt, Offenbach and the Hochtaunus, Wetterau and Main-Taunus counties. According to fnp hurricane-like gusts are to be expected with speeds of up to 105 km/h and heavy rain between 15 and 25 l/m² per hour.

The thunderstorms that use North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate can even bring up to 30 l/m² of rain locally. Therefore, it is absolutely necessary to go to protected areas and to rethink the journey to the Christian street festival (CSD) in Frankfurt because the storm situation affects the event. Rüczized trees, as on the A5 in the direction of Darmstadt, have already led to the fire brigade. The forecast remains changeable for the tense weather conditions. Until at least 7.30 p.m. there are further warnings of level 2 for the same affected regions. The storms include the risk of storm and hail, supplemented by the inconsistent weather situation, which continues into the night.

Current weather warnings and risks

The storm warnings in Hesse should not be underestimated, the DWD warned, and an overview map for the risks shows affected areas such as the Reinhardswald, Habichtswald and the beautiful Taunus, as reported by the Storm Center. These warnings are particularly important in order to adapt to possible natural hazards such as heavy rain, storms or black rain in good time.

The weather forecast continues to provide an inconsistent weather conditions for the next few days at maximum temperatures between 22 and 25 degrees. Strong to stormy wind gusts are also to be expected, especially near thunderstorms. The weather remains exciting for everyone who wants to stay outdoors and enjoy nature.

agricultural aspects and heat forecasts

The Agricultural Metonology Department has provided important information in order to understand the danger sites for crops and animals. In view of the current weather, the dangers of a heat stress for the poultry must be observed in particular. The maximum air-dethalpie, which can lead to dangerous temperatures in stables, is regularly updated on wetterfahren.de, whereby the data is provided daily from May to September. In addition, indications of soil frost are also of interest, since these will also be recorded for the next few months.

The weather has a lot to offer - from violent thunderstorms to hot days that are important for farmers and residents. The coming days will remain exciting and full of surprises. Everyone should still have an eye on the weather updates and take appropriate precautions.