On Friday evening, thunderstorms with heavy rain moved over Vorarlberg from Switzerland. Just like a week earlier, when more than 200 liters of rain per square meter fell in Bregenz in 24 hours, the center of gravity of the precipitation was between Lake Constance and Feldkirch.
Shortly after 8 p.m., the thunderstorm reached Vorarlberg. Especially in the Vorderland there was a lot of rain, where the railway underpass in the Appenzellerstrae in Rankweil was flooded. Two vehicles were left behind and had to be recovered by firefighters.
help to the pastor
In addition, the fire brigades in the region had to carry out numerous missions to pump out flooded cellars. In the municipality of Satteins, the fire brigade had to help the pastor and pump out the cellar of the church or remove the water with a wet vacuum cleaner. A hotspot in terms of precipitation was again Vorarlberg’s largest town, Dornbirn, on Friday evening.
Where 180 liters of rain per square meter fell from the sky in 24 hours last Friday, almost 60 liters per square meter fell again on Friday between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. at the TAWES/VAMES station of the Central Institute of Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG). It was almost 35 liters per square meter between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. alone.
Source: Krone
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