20141103 01 Foehnorkan Alpen Foehnsturm Zuerichsee

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Quick Facts

Type of Event	Foehn storm (south foehn)
Verification State	QC1
ESWD	Not reported
Location	Alps and north of Alps, but extraordinary around the Lake of Zurich
Time / Duration	Longtime event with foehn break through at Lake of Zurich in the night from 3rd to 4th November 2014
Date	03.-04.11.2014
Magnitude / Dimension	- 04.11.2014: The highest measured wind gust of the foehn storm was measured with 188 km/h at 13.10 UTC on top of "Gütsch ob Andermatt" - 03./04.11.2014: Some mountain/hill tops measured wind peaks of between 120 and 188 km/h (see list below) - 04.11.2014: In Brülisau-Kastenbahn AI (925 m) a wind gust of 150 km/h was measured at 00.00 UTC - 04.11.2014: In Bad Ragaz SG a wind gust of 131 km/h was measured at 13.40 UTC (second highest wind gust for that weather station related to foehn) - 04.11.2014: In Altdorf UR a wind gust of 127 km/h was measured at 12.10 UTC - 03./04.11.2014: In the classic foehn valleys wind gusts mostly between 110 and 120 km/h were measured (see list below) - 04.11.2014: In Wädenswil ZH at the Lake of Zurich a wind gust of 107 km/h was measured at 01.15 UTC (new record for that weather station regarding a wind gust related to foehn)
Damage / Impact	- Reports of blown off roof tiles at several locations in the Rhine Valley - 1 damaged scaffolding (Sevelen SG) - 1 blown off tent roof (Schaffhausen SH) - Blocked or closed streets and railway tracks
Fatalities	-
Injuries	1 severely injured man who was blown off a roof (Sevelen SG)
Report Source	Report in a weather forum, data from official weather stations
Remarks	The nightly foehn breakthrough at the Lake of Zurich was remarkable as this happens not that often in that strength

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Diskussion im Sturmforum Schweiz:
http://www.sturmforum.ch/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9281

Bericht von Meteoschweiz:
http://www.meteoschweiz.admin.ch/web/de/wetter/tagesaktualitaet/alle/2014/11/04_der_aelteste_urner.html

Medienlinks:
http://www.zsz.ch/artikel_274078.html
http://www.suedostschweiz.ch/node/3175927
http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/news/story/25311490