Storm warning! Ten departments in the south of France placed in orange vigilance



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Météo France set the day of Sunday in orange vigilance to the storms in 10 departments – JACQUES DEMARTHON / AFP

Météo France calls for vigilance. Ten departments of the south of France were placed this Sunday in orange vigilance
because of the risk of thunderstorms, announced
the meteorological forecast agency

The departments concerned are Ariège, Aveyron, Haute-Garonne, Gers, Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Hautes-Pyrénées, Tarn and Tarn-et-Garonne. The beginning of vigilance is scheduled for 7 pm Sunday and until Monday 12 pm

#VigilanceOrange for forts #orages tonight on 10 departments of the Southwest. They can be accompanied by # hail and wind reaching 100km / h. The strongest storms will shift tomorrow near the Mediterranean!
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– Weather Towns (@Meteovilles) July 15, 2018

« Locally Violent Thunderstorms "

A few locally stormy showers will erupt in the afternoon" but it is only in the evening that a severe thunderstorm is expected, "the institute said in its forecast bulletin.

"Locally violent thunderstorms will develop on the extreme south-west and spread progressively towards Occitania in the first part of the night," he detailed. These storms "will give
high rainfall intensities, and may be accompanied by hail and violent gusts of wind, sometimes exceeding 100 km / h. "

On the bordering departments in yellow vigilance," locally strong thunderstorms are also expected in the night, but they should be more isolated and less durable. "

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