Bad weather is returning to affect our region and a preview could arrive as early as tomorrow evening, Thursday, August 20, with a worsening expected already in the early hours of Friday, August 21, a date to circle on the calendar in the bad weather chapter it seems.
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Yellow alert for severe thunderstorms in some areas of Tuscany – northwest – starting from 8 pm on Thursday, August 20.
The forecasts
Going into the details of the forecasts, the Tuscany Regional Functional Center explains:
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- Rain: today, Wednesday, nothing to report. Tomorrow, Thursday, structured worsening from the evening with intense thunderstorms in the northwest areas. Average accumulations 20-30 mm in the far northwest (province of Massa-Carrara), locally up to 50-70 mm; intensity 30-50 mm/1h.
- Thunderstorms: today, Wednesday, nothing to report. Tomorrow, Thursday, worsening with the possibility of isolated thunderstorms in the morning in the northwest (low probability), followed by a structured worsening from the evening with intense thunderstorms. Possibility of gusts of wind and hail.
To clarify: «Considering the expected meteorological evolution, tomorrow – August 20, editor’s note – it will be possible to issue an orange code valid for Friday».
Description of expected scenarios
Moving on to the description of the expected event scenarios, it is articulated: «In a scenario characterized by high forecast uncertainty, intense phenomena occasionally dangerous to people’s safety and capable of causing local discomfort and damage will be possible».
And again: «Effects related to hydrogeological-hydraulic risk of minor network will be possible, which could occur suddenly and unexpectedly. Due to violent wind gusts, further effects will be possible including, for example, breaking of branches and/or falling of trees, falling of tiles, damage to temporary structures and/or buildings, knocking down of poles, signs and scaffolding, transport of material, disruptions and/or interruption of traffic and damage to service distribution networks (including telephone and electricity) with consequent outages».
«In case of hailstorms, damage to agricultural crops, building roofs and vehicles will also be possible. Finally, due to lightning strikes, damage to buildings, trees and service distribution networks (including telephone and electricity) and possibly the ignition of fires in wooded areas will be possible», it is highlighted.
Municipalities affected by the yellow alert
- Abetone Cutigliano (PT)
- Aulla (MS)
- Bagni di Lucca (LU)
- Bagnone (MS)
- Barga (LU)
- Borgo a Mozzano (LU)
- Buggiano (PT)
- Camaiore (LU)
- Camporgiano (LU)
- Careggine (LU)
- Carrara (MS)
- Casola in Lunigiana (MS)
- Castelnuovo di Garfagnana (LU)
- Castiglione di Garfagnana (LU)
- Comano (MS)
- Coreglia Antelminelli (LU)
- Fabbriche di Vergemoli (LU)
- Filattiera (MS)
- Fivizzano (MS)
- Forte dei Marmi (LU)
- Fosciandora (LU)
- Fosdinovo (MS)
- Gallicano (LU)
- Licciana Nardi (MS)
- Lucca (LU)
- Marliana (PT)
- Massa (MS)
- Massa e Cozzile (PT)
- Massarosa (LU)
- Minucciano (LU)
- Molazzana (LU)
- Montecatini-Terme (PT)
- Montignoso (MS)
- Mulazzo (MS)
- Pescaglia (LU)
- Pescia (PT)
- Piazza al Serchio (LU)
- Pietrasanta (LU)
- Pieve Fosciana (LU)
- Podenzana (MS)
- Pontremoli (MS)
- San Giuliano Terme (PI)
- San Marcello Piteglio (PT)
- San Romano in Garfagnana (LU)
- Seravezza (LU)
- Sillano Giuncugnano (LU)
- Stazzema (LU)
- Tresana (MS)
- Uzzano (PT)
- Vagli Sotto (LU)
- Vecchiano (PI)
- Viareggio (LU)
- Villa Basilica (LU)
- Villa Collemandina (LU)
- Villafranca in Lunigiana (MS)
- Zeri (MS)
