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On this space we collect material for evaluation of severe/extreme weather events. The focus is on the meteorological conditions and the forecast performance. The amount of material differs from case to case, and we are not claiming to give the full picture of the cases here. Users are welcome to contribute with material for the cases by using the comment function in the bottom of each page. To suggest a new case to evaluate, please contact us here (forecast_user@ecmwf.int). If you have any initial comments and material, please include them in the mail.


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201405 - Rainfall + flood - South-eastern Europe
Between 13 and16 May 2014, severe rainfall hit south-eastern Europe. The worst affected countries were Serbia and Bosnia - Herzegovina where the rain is said to be the worst for 120 years. More than 80 people have died in land-slides and the flooding following the rain and hundred of thousands were forced to leave their homes. A lot of lifestock died during the flooding. Heavy rainfall and strong winds also affected Austria, Slovakia and other neighbouring countries. 

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201404 - Convection - Arkansas U.S
On the 27 April 7pm local time (00UTC 28 April), tornadoes hit towns north and west of Little Rock, Arkansas killing approx 17 people (http://edition.cnn.com/2014/04/28/us/severe-weather/index.html?hpt=hp_c2). On the evening on the 28 April fatal tornadoes occurred over Mississippi (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-27199071).

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201312 - Snowstorm - Israel
In the second week of December, Israel experienced exceptional precipitation amounts in the southern Israel coast and the exceptional snow accumulation in the Judea and Samaria hills. The most important event was the intense snow accumulation in Judea and Samaria during the night between Thursday December 12th  and Friday December 13th. In about 12h or less they got about 50cm of snow in Jerusalem. In the Samaria hills the intense snow accumulation lasted throughout Friday, reaching about 1 meter of snow towards evening. The entire region was blocked, trees & power lines collapsed because of the snow load and about 60,000 people where in blackout, with the roads blocked all around them for a couple of days. (e-mail from Israeli Met Service)

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