Overview
- Residents in parts of North Brabant woke to storm damage after brief, intense showers passed overnight without a KNMI code yellow for the province.
- KNMI did issue a short-duration code yellow for coastal and IJsselmeer areas overnight, warning of hail, thunder, and gusts near 90 km/h at the coast and about 75 km/h inland.
- Meteorologist Wouter van Bernebeek said a sudden cold front aloft forced out warmer air, and wind shear helped the showers spike in strength with thunder and strong gusts.
- Van Bernebeek said KNMI likely weighed the small area, short duration, and late-night timing when it kept the inland alert off the board, as models pointed to coastal impact.
- He added that this fast, local type of storm is typical as the country moves into the April–October warm season and could show up more often in the months ahead.