Cyclone Anatol

Anatol, Scandinavia Carola, was a hurricane that swept away on December 3, 1999 on Denmark and southwestern Sweden. He is so beside Lothar and Martin storm to the three winter storms of 1999. During the Middle Anatol reached 136 km / h, gusts even 183 km / h

Course

On 2 December, at noontime, Anatol was first registered as a small wave in the sea area west of Ireland. At the time of the core pressure was 1015 hPa The next day he reached the North Sea and had for lunch a pressure below 970 hPa in the core. He was regarded as a separate low-pressure systems. As an adult he was raging hurricane vortex over Denmark and southern Sweden. His spurs ranged far into northern Germany. The climax, with 955 hPa, he reached Night on the peninsula Skåne. His end Anatol took place on 4 December 1999 with 970 hPa, over the Baltic states.

Effects

Anatol caused in Denmark and Northern Germany considerable damage. In Denmark, he is now considered the worst hurricane of the 20th century. On Sylt broke after a gust of 180 km / h of the stream together. On Foehr hundreds of trees were blown down.

On the North Sea led to the strong winds of a severe storm surge. The Danish island of Romo was flooded. In Ribe in Syddanmark the flood peak was 5.33 meters, only about 20 cm below the flood in 1634 ( Burchardiflut to 5.5 m), and is thus - together with the same high November flood 1825 - the second highest ever recorded flood event ( flood post in Ribe ). In Hamburg, the fourth highest water level was recorded since the record at 3.90 meters above the Middle flood.