As announced, the storm from Croatia and Slovenia came to Serbia tonight. The media said it was a supercell storm.
For the Cromateo portal Weather.com meteorologist Nick Wiltgen explained that “A supercell thunderstorm is characterized by persistent and strong rotating updrafts. These storms are formed in an unstable air mass, and a necessary condition for their formation is a combination of wind by height. Usually south or south-east winds blow near the ground, and west or south-west winds blow in higher layers. This combination of layered winds causes horizontal rotating movement of air in the lower layers of the troposphere. The same rapid upward movement of air that creates a storm turns the horizontal rotation of the air into a vertical one, and this rotation is often spectacularly visible in the structure of this terrifying cloud. Supercell storms often produce large hail, strong winds and tornadoes."
In Serbia, the highest, red level of warning was issued first for Srem, Mačva and Donje Podrinje, and from where the storm moved to the east over southern Vojvodina, western Serbia, Šumadija and Belgrade. In Novi Sad, it was raining heavily with a strong wind that knocked down branches and trees and raised large clouds of dust. The fences of the construction site were falling. There was no water and electricity in some parts of the city, while the electricity went out in Sremski Karlovci. In Bačka Palanka as well.
In Belgrade, on Banovo Brdo, there was no electricity, traffic lights and parts of facades fell. A crane fell in New Belgrade. A strong tornado-like wind roared through Ada Ciganlija (Makiški side), and a flagpole caught fire from a lightning strike. Branches were flying, trees were falling...
Air Serbia announced that the Belgrade airport was temporarily closed tonight due to a strong storm.
S.Ć./ Cromateo
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