The night remains stormy
The next wave of severe weather is coming: It’ll hit at 6 p.m.
Hail alert in Vienna! Severe storms had already swept through the city on Thursday afternoon. A supercell brought marble-sized hailstones, gusty winds, and heavy rain across the entire city. In the evening, the storm became really intense once again. Friday is expected to continue in a similarly stormy fashion.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen Rain began falling in Vienna around 2:30 p.m. The storm continued with full force into the late evening.
A Violet warning was in effect in the afternoon
Weather experts issued a Violet-level severe weather warning for the entire city in the afternoon. On X, UWZ posted: “ATTENTION: A supercell is currently bringing hail up to 3 cm, gusts of wind, and heavy rain to Vienna.”
“Wet Downburst” in the Vienna Woods
The Severe Weather Center also shared images of the thunderstorm in the Vienna Woods. According to meteorologists, a “wet downburst”—a weather phenomenon in which the strong downdraft of a thunderstorm descends to the ground and spreads out there—occurred there.
Severe Weather Across Austria
In addition to Vienna, weather experts have also issued the highest severe weather warning level—Violet—for parts of Lower Austria. In nearly all federal states, meteorologists issued warnings for severe weather in the evening hours at the second-highest warning level. In Burgenland, the highest warning level—Violet—was even issued on Thursday evening.
Vienna’s 23rd district was particularly hard hit in the afternoon. There was also heavy hail in Favoriten and Meidling, as shown by the photos from our reader reporter.
The severe weather is expected to last all night
Overnight into Friday, the showers and, in some cases, severe thunderstorms will finally reach southeastern Austria. As a result, the weather will remain unsettled in large parts of the country well into the second half of the night. Outside of the southeast, the risk of severe weather will slowly decrease as the night progresses.
Friday brings more thunderstorms
The situation will only temporarily calm down in most regions toward Friday morning. But the respite won’t last too long: Showers and thunderstorms are already on the forecast for Friday, spreading across Austria again as the day progresses.
Concerns about the Frequency Festival Were Unfounded
The bad weather on Thursday had little impact on the opening of the Frequency Festival. When headliner Zara Larsson took the stage, fans were standing in the rain, but that didn’t dampen the mood. There were reportedly hardly any major delays on the way to the festival. “Many festivalgoers likely postponed their trip to today due to last night’s weather,” the ÖAMTC reported.
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