Jan Grube Captures Stunning Tornado Over the Elbe in Brokdorf

The typhoon on Tuesday afternoon showed several processes in the southern section of Brokdorf, Steinburg – and incredible images of a tornado in the Wilstermarsch.

Heavy rain, rumble, lightning, and a thundering that appeared to never end – Tuesday afternoon (July 23) was a difficult one in the Steinburg neighborhood. By 4:30 p.m., the processes control command in Elmshorn had already registered more than 20 weather-related processes. But also rain and thunderstorms were predicted until the nighttime, and the German Weather Service alerted of severe climate with heavy rain.

But the freak temperature didn’t only result in flooded basements and other plans for the authority and fire division. There was an untamed spectacle of a certain type on the Elbe. Jan Grube from Brokdorf was fortunate enough to be capable to catch it on film and photography. The 36-year-old, a person who clicks animals, photographs weddings, and people, filmed a total tornado. “It was instantly between the Störsperrwerk and Glückstadt, where I found the funnel,” says Grube.

The dark cornet cloud turns in the air. Then the box sinks ever more down to the earth. Stunning images of a tornado over Schleswig-Holstein!

On Tuesday evening, low-pressure approach “Ilse” rolled over Hamburg, Lower Saxony, and Schleswig-Holstein: gusts of wind, heavy rain, thunderstorms. Fortunately, according to the reports of fire assistance, there was no significant damage, but a shutterbug near Brokdorf ( Schleswig-Holstein ) worked to capture some amazing footage: he filmed a tornado moving over the Elbe, and at the back, its chest almost felt the ground!

Flooded roads and flooded cellars in SH

In Pinneberg-Thesdorf, serious rain forced entire roads to be under multiple centimeters of water. A parallel scene happened a few hours before in Meldorf (Dithmarschen district). A weighty thunderstorm washed via here and drove several fire assistance operations.

Meldorf’s conflagration chief Gunnar Jochimsen related NDR Schleswig-Holstein: “We learned just that something was reaching. But we couldn’t have expected that it would be so powerful.” In sum, there were 20 functions throughout the metropolis. Everything from soaked streets and tunnels with almost a meter of wetness to flooded basements was concerned, said Jochimsen.

Friendlier again today

According to information, the thunderstorms rolled out of northern Germany in the night hours over Lübeck and Fehmarn. From the northwest, the skies shed up also on the North Sea shore and in North Friesland and the light came out.

According to the DWD, there will be the highest temperatures of up to 22 grades. It may be a small cooler on the beaches. Overall, nevertheless, it should stay dry with a breezy northwest wind.

Taylor Swift: “This is a rain show”

The Taylor Swift show on Tuesday night in Hamburg was also influenced by the serious rain. The US musician took it all in fine spirits, nonetheless: “This is officially a rain facade,” she shouted to the public with trickling wet hair. And her section values rain shows told the 34-year-old.