According to the residents’ reports, stormwhich passed over on Friday evening Tomaszów Mazowieckilasted only a few minutes. Nevertheless, the storm caused significant damage throughout the city.
Among other things, it suffered. Panorama Shopping Centerfrom which strong winds tore off the roof and damaged the facade, elements of which landed on Tadeusz Kosciuszko Square in the city center.
Local media reports that the storm also caused damage several carsThere are also many broken ones in the city trees.
Storm over Tomaszów Mazowiecki. Over 70 reports
President of Tomaszów Marcin Witko informed that at the moment I have no information regarding injured people. He added that a large number of people gathered in the city crisis headquarters.
Capt. Łukasz Górczyński from the State Fire Service in Łódź told Polsat News that firefighters had many reports related to weather phenomena from all over the province. – The most serious situation was in the Tomaszów district, where we had 70 entries – said the fireman.
He added that the shopping mall building at Kościuszki Square suffered the most damage. – 400 square meters of roof were damagedwhich fell onto the sidewalk and the square. Fortunately, no one was hurt. As for the other reports, they mainly concern flooding of buildings i fallen trees – explained the firefighter.
Ripped off roofs in Silesia
There was also unrest on Silesia. Within eight hours, the fire department had picked up the 151 reports related to storms – informed on Friday evening the spokeswoman of the Provincial Police Headquarters in Katowice, Brigadier Aneta Gołębiowska. The largest number of reports came from Częstochowa district – 59Pszczyna County – 22 and Bielsk County – 19.
– The roof was torn off on a single-family residential building in the town Lubeckenko and on two roofs of farm buildings in the village Mines i Radostkow-Kolonia in the Częstochowa district – Gołębiowska said.
Roof coverings on three single-family residential buildings were damaged in Rudniki and Rybna (Częstochowa district) and in Boguchwałowice (Będzin district). Two roofs on farm buildings were damaged. in Widzów and Widzówek (Częstochowa district). Fortunately, no one was injured in the storms.
IMWM warnings
Institute of Meteorology and Water Management released on Friday warnings of I, II and III degrees for thunderstorms and heavy rain with thunderstorms for southern and north-western Poland. In the south-west of the country, level III warnings are in effect and the most dangerous storms are expected there.
Warnings of I, II and III degree of storms are in force in the southern part of Poland. The most serious level III warnings apply to most Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Lubusz Voivodeship and the southwestern part of the Wielkopolska Voivodeship. Level II warnings were issued for the southern part of the Wielkopolska Province, most of the Łódź and Świętokrzyskie Provinces, the entire Opole, Silesian and Lesser Poland Provinces and the southern part of the Podkarpackie Province.
Level I warnings apply to the northern counties of the Podkarpackie province, the eastern part of the Świętokrzyskie province, the south-eastern counties of the Mazovian province and most of the Lublin province.
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In most counties for which second and third degree storm warnings were issued, they are still in force from 12 noon on Friday to 2 am on Saturday.
In the southwestern part of Poland, where level III warnings are in force, storms are forecast, accompanied by heavy rains from 35 mm to 50 mm, locally up to regarding 80 mm, and wind gusts up to 90 km/h, locally up to 120 km/h. In some places, large hail will be possible.
In turn, for the counties where the second degree storm warnings are in force, storms are expected, which in some places will be accompanied by very heavy rainfall from 35 mm to 50 mm, and wind gusts up to 90 km/h, locally 115 km/h. Hail is also possible in places.
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