Thunderstorms are currently going back on the Paris Basin, with temporarily sustained rains, Météo-France announcement.
Le Monde
After heat, thunderstorms. “A stormy episode is underway on the north of France, accompanied by locally violent phenomena requiring particular vigilance”, announcement Météo-France, in its meteorological vigilance bulletin , published Friday, May 20. Seventeen departments are placed in orange alert: those of Ile-de-France (75, 77, 78, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95), Hauts-de-France (02, 59, 60, 62, 80), plus the Ardennes (08), Eure (27), Marne (51) and Seine-Maritime (76). Twenty-nine departments are placed in yellow vigilance.
“Thunderstorms are currently going back on the Paris basin, with temporarily sustained rains. Other more organized thunderstorms are currently concerning Mayenne and Sarthe and go back to orange vigilance areas”, continues the official meteorology service .
“These locally violent storms cross the orange vigilance area, from west to east between the end of the morning and the end of the afternoon”, adds the establishment. “These thunderstorms can occasionally be accompanied by violent gusts of wind which can exceed 100 km/h. The electrical activity is sometimes strong. The cumulative rain is locally important on short durations, with sometimes 10 mm to 30 mm in less d an hour. hail is also possible. “