Thunderstorms, rain, wind: Occitania escapes this time to the worst – 18/07/2018



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 Hail fell again in the Aude / Photo Alain de Verzeille

Hail fell again in the Aude / Photo Alain de Verzeille

While the time is still cleaning up in several villages in the region hit by bad weather on Monday, new storms hit our region late Wednesday afternoon and early evening. Arriving from the west, they gave heavy rainfall, accompanied by thunderstorms, sometimes hail, and wind. These storms shifted eastward during the evening.

Right now || The #orages are numerous in the Southwest, with strong #rafales sustained rain showers accompanied by # hail . They are heading east. Stay informed: https://t.co/BeTAGzRLBH pic.twitter.com/yizDwUh9U9

– VigiWeatherFrance (@VigiMeteoFrance) July 18, 2018

In the evening, this strong wind made fall a tree at the very moment when a TER arrived on the track in the Tarn, without doing, fortunately wounded.

In Ariège, the wind was particularly well blown.

In the Hautes-Pyrénées, the storm caused a mudslide in the village of None. Pbading on Lannemezan, he left small hailstones behind him.

Mudslides in the Val d'Azun at No following the #orages of the late afternoon. Yohana Sopena pic.twitter.com/Lllw6nxDRq

– Meteo65 (@ meteo_65) July 18, 2018

Slight hail at #lannemezan #HautesPyrenees #Pyrenees Nbad Rich Manon via @ meteo_65 #orages # hail pic.twitter.com/9J3vfME74P

– Weather Pyrenees (@Meteo_Pyrenees) July 18, 2018

The #orages evolve quite fast for a few minutes and move rapidly towards the East of #Toulouse to reach the #Tarn by the end after -midday. # hail probable west of #SaintGaudens https://t.co/vE8IGnzn4i

– Alexandre Flouttard (@ stormchaser_a81) 18 July 2018

Big storm of hail and heavy rain in the Pyrenees in the area of ​​Saint Lary Soulan (Néouvielle mbadif) ⛈️⚡☄️ @Meteo_Pyrenees [19659020] @radiometeo @MeteoContact pic.twitter.com/ocyv1KnE1Y

– Fabien Gdz (@Nevyros_) July 18, 2018

The Haute-Garonne was not spared by the lightning strike, as evidenced by this photo posted on Twitter.

#Oreas Caraman #HauteGaronne #occitania Krystof Tof pic.twitter.com/WwErtWOdmA

– Weather Pyrenees (@Meteo_Pyrenees) July 18, 2018

First weather report of the summer

The weather was very sunny and warm, indicates Météo France, for half of the meteorological summer (June 1st at July 16). On average, temperatures were 2 ° above seasonal averages. Nîmes has known twenty days above 30 °, eighteen days for Marseille. The hottest temperature was recorded on July 14 in Nîmes with 36.8 °. In Toulouse, the mercury climbed to 33 ° on July 15, the day of the final of the World Cup for the Blues.

The weather was also stormy in the Southwest. At Dax in the Landes, 331.7 mm of water fell between 1 June and 16 July. The city has experienced its most rainy summer half since measurements began in this weather station in 1958!

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