Surprise for mega hail: "As if it were stones" | inside

Severe thunderstorms sweep the country from the southwest. The heaviest showers are expected in the south and east, reports Weeronline. Many precipitations can occur in a short time. The yellow code now applies in the Netherlands. The orange code has been applied to Brabant for a while, which has since been passed.

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These hailstones were found at Etten-Leur.

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Traffic is also hampered by heavy showers. Rijkswaterstaat warns on slippery roads.

Meanwhile, hail storms have been spreading in Brabant – elsewhere, very locally – and information is also coming from other parts of the country, including Nieuwegein and Enschede.

Dennis van Vlaardingen experienced the storm at Etten -Leur. He picked up a 3.5-centimeter hail. "As if stones were thrown into the pond."

Van Vlaardingen was surprised. "I was watching it closely, the showers would be focused in the east, yellow code, I think it will be better than expected, at one point he moved in and started to grill. it was a good sound. "

He wanted to go out for a moment, but" the hail stones rose up against my legs and my shoulder, "said Bredanaar the born. Several Twitter users report hail in Etten-Leur, but also in other places.

Many Twitter users question the cross section of hailstones. "I do not want to know what it looks like when" the size of a golf ball "goes down," someone writes.

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The storm has to do with warm temperatures.