“From midday in the south, middle and some western parts of Germany, there’s a danger of local thunderstorms and lightning,” the DWD reported on Friday. While the thunderstorms are predicted to cease in the evening on Friday and into Saturday, the stormy weather could continue for parts of the deep south. By the evening on Thursday the strong storms had for the most part ceased in regions across Germany. Check-in at Stuttgart airport was closed for hours on Thursday evening due to the violent storms. Further regions and cities affected by Thursday's thunderstorms include the Sauerland, Ruhr and Rhineland regions in North Rhine-Westphalia as well as Munich and the Upper Bavarian and Upper Franconian regions in Bavaria.

Source: The Local June 08, 2018 09:45 UTC