Aftermath of a severe storm in Chorin-Forest, Brandenburg / Extreme Sturmfolgen in einem Wald bei Chorin

The severe thunderstorm which was reported in the post from August 20 left an incredible path of destruction near the Chorin cloister in Brandenburg. The pathway, which is used often by hikers and which leads to the village Brodowin was closed for some time.  The amazing thing is that the Chorin forest is a very natural forest with many old trees and there were no signs of weakness before. There must have been tremendous forces at work on August 20, 2012. The images show how serious we should take severe storm warnings:   Ein extremes Gewitter nördlich von Berlin, über das im post vom 20. August berichtet wurde, hat in einem Wald in der Nähe des Kloster Chorin, 80 km nordöstlich von Berlin, unglaubliche Schäden hinterlassen. Der beliebte Wanderweg musste geschlossen werden. Das Überraschende an diesen Zerstörungen ist, dass hier ein sehr natürlicher Wald mit alten Bäumen, die keine erkennbaren Schwächen hatten,  derart zerstört wurde. Es müssen unglaubliche Kräfte an diesem 20. August am Werk gewesen sein. Die Bilder dokumentieren, wie ernst wir Sturmwarnungen nehmen sollten.     Trees intermingled, a whole forest turned upside down: What kind of force could have done this? August 19, 2012 was already one of the hottest days of the year in the Berlin-Brandenburg area and in Germany. Monday got even hotter and air was increasingly humid. Showers and thunderstorms were predicted by weather forecasters for monday evening. “Xenia” a depression over middle Europe transported the warm, humid air. The severe storm around Chorin and Eberswalde however began already in the afternoon. The whole capacity of the firebrigade in the area was needed and had to repair a lot of damage with special equipment. However the extreme destruction as seen in the Chorin Forest was restricted to a small path. Experts suspect that a tornado did these damages.     Ineinander gewickelte Bäume, ein Anblick, der Fragen lässt, was für eine Kraft hier am Werk war: das Chaos machte den Wald zu einem gefährlichen Platz. Bereits der 19. August war in Berlin Brandenburg einer der heißesten Tage ebenso wie in Deutschland. Hitze und Freuchtigkeit steigerten sich noch am Montag. Schauer und Gewitter waren für den Abend vorhergesagt. Tief Xenia über Mitteleuropa schaufelte die feuchte und heiße Luft in diese Breiten.  Das Unwetter über Chorin und Eberswalde nahm jedoch bereits am Nachmittag seinen Anfang. Die gesamten verfügbaren Kräfte der Feuerwehren waren mit speziellen Gerät an diesem Tag im Einsatz um die zahlreichen Unwetterschäden zu beseitigen. Jedoch war die extreme Zerstörung im Choriner Wald in  einem scharf begrenzten Raum geschehen. Experten vermuten einen Tornado. There were reports from a village near the Werbellinsee, Althüttendorf, about severe storm damage which support the theory of a tornado. Mostly the real apocalyptic impressions and the way trees were knocked down gives the theory of a tornado some credibility. Furthermore it is interesting that the most damage occurred on top of the hills near the cloister, which is called the “Choriner Endmoränenbogen” due to its origin from the ice-age. Obviously any kind of structure on the ground could influence developments in the lower atmosphere.

 

Aus Althüttendorf, einem Dorf in der Nähe des bekannten Werbellinsees sind von diesem Tag Sturmschäden gemeldet worden, die die Theorie eines Tornados stützen. Hauptsächlich sind es aber die geradezu apokalyptischen Eindrücke und die Art und Weise wie die Bäume zu Boden gedrückt wurden, die auf einen Tornado hindeuten. Darüber hinaus ist es interessant, dass die meisten Schäden auf der Anhöhe des Choriner Endmoränenbogens in der Nähe des Klosters zu sehen sind, einer in der letzten Eiszeit entstandenen Erhebung. Offenbar wirkt sich jede Art von strukturiertem Untergrund auf das Geschehen in der unteren Atmosphäre aus.

 

 

Storm with heavy rain in Berlin, October 06.2012/ Sturm mit Starkregen in Berlin am 8. Oktober 2012

dramatic sky in Berlin on October 6, 2012

Street of 7 Juni after the storm

In the afternoon of October 06 it was unusually warm in Berlin. Between 3pm and 4pm dark clouds build up in the North-West. Very suddenly heavy rain with strong winds came down in Berlin . The gales were so strong that trees fell upon the tracks of the S-Bahn between Berlin Zoo and Friedrichstraße. The train returned to the Tiergarten station and passengers walked by foot. For two hours the S-Bahn was out of service.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rolling thunder, heavy rain and lightning, August 21, 2012 / Unwetter am 20. und 21. August 2012

August 20 and 21 were pretty hot days in Berlin. On August 20 a severe storm hit the north of Berlin in the afternoon. On August 21 another big storm produced sheet lightning in the south and heavy rainfall again in the north of Berlin. A little river in the North – the Panke – swept over and railway tracks were blocked.

The dark clouds could be seen from famous Potsdamer Platz looking into the direction of the Brandenburger Tor

Dunkle Wolken waren in Richtung Brandenburger Tor vom Potsdamer Platz erkennbar

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Potsdam, August 2, 2012: Thunderstorm

Commuters from Berlin were surprised by a dark wall coming from the south-west straight towards the famous Glieniker Brücke around 7pm on Thursday, August 2.

Heavy rain was coming closer.

Things begun to look serious…

 

 

 

 

 

 

an impressing drama in the skies above the bridge

This storm meant business and ended the photographer running back to the car. There was also little hail involved but the show didn’t last very long. The main core of the storm used the typical path west of the river havel then.  In the evening it was dry again.