Alert for severe thunderstorms and hailstorms: 4 departments placed on orange vigilance – The Independent

Four departments are placed on Monday on vigilance for the risk of violent storms. Météo France has decided to place, this Monday, July 4, four metropolitan departments in orange vigilance for the risk of violent storms. These are the Rhône, the Loire, the Haute-Loire and the Ardèche. “The strongly stormy situation requires particular vigilance insofar as there is a strong risk (a high probability) of a violent phenomenon”, explains the meteorological agency in its bulletin. Storms are currently affecting the regions from the South-West to the Massif Central. They are sometimes accompanied by hail, but of diameter remaining for the moment moderate. Hailstones greater than 2 cm According to Météo France, they should gradually leave the south-west of the country then concentrate on the Massif Central, in particular on the departments placed in orange vigilance where sometimes heavy hail falls (diameter greater than 2 cm) are expected this afternoon. Gusts of 80 to 90 km/h are possible, as well as accumulations of 20 to 30 mm in a short time. These storms will reach the Alpine regions during the afternoon on Monday, but will lose some of their intensity. Gusts and hailstorms will nevertheless remain possible, but of less intensity.