An intense Mediterranean episode will hit the south-east of France, where four departments, the Var, Gard, Lozere and Ardeche, were placed on orange alert storms and rain-flood for Friday and Saturday, warns Météo France . "Lives and property can be, locally, endangered," warns the latest Météo France bulletin issued Friday morning about this event that will require "a particular follow-up because of its intensity and duration." This episode should begin Friday at 16h and will not stop before Saturday at 21h "at the earliest".
The most intense precipitation will occur in the morning of Saturday. It is on the Var that the risk is greatest with accumulations expected between 120 and 150 mm, 180 to 200 mm locally, or even "a little more" punctually. These storms, sometimes accompanied by hail and strong gusts, may also give rise to swirling phenomena near the coast. The most intense rainfall will occur in the morning Saturday, alerted the prefect of the Var. On the plains, stormy rains can reach 80 to 120 mm.
Finally, on the Cevennes relief, where 50 to 60 mm of rain have fallen since Thursday on soils already very wet or saturated, the precipitation will continue to increase during the afternoon Friday, with intensities of the order from 10 to 20 mm per hour. A phenomenon that could be aggravated by a wind that will blow in storm on the summits.