A message from 112 was sent a while ago to the residents of Thessaly in view of the new wave of bad weather that is expected to “sweep” the country.

This is a warning message for severe thunderstorms and gusty winds tonight through Saturday afternoon.

Citizens are asked, given the extreme weather conditions that are expected to prevail in the region, to limit their movements.

It is noted that warning messages were sent by 112 and in Central Macedonia, the Central Greece, the Sporades, the islands of the northern Aegean and Northern Evia.

A 112 message was sent at 4 pm and to the residents of Volos and the wider area of ​​Magnesia by the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection due to the bad weather that is expected to pass through the area late this afternoon until noon on Saturday.

Specifically, the 112 message informs the population that this is a “Warning message for strong storms – gale force winds from the evening hours of Friday 19/04/2024 to noon on Saturday 20/04/2024 in your area. Limit your movements to the absolutely necessary and follow the instructions of the Authorities”.

It is recalled that the competent minister Vassilis Kikilias is in Thessaly where the Coordinating Committee is meeting, while all the services of both the Region of Thessaly and the Municipality of Volos are already in Volos to deal with possible problems from the expected bad weather.

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The EMY has issued an emergency notice of dangerous weather phenomenaupdating the previous severe Weather Advisory.

Based on the forecasts, the phenomena from the evening hours today Friday to the early afternoon hours tomorrow Saturday will be particularly intense and present a greater risk in Eastern Thessaly, Sporades (mainly Skiathos and Skopelos), Southern Pieria, Northern Evia, Prefecture of Fthiotida (in the north ), Eastern Aegean Islands (mainly Chios and Lesbos).

In particular, as reported by the EMY, a barometric low accompanied by fronts is predicted to cause a worsening of the weather in most of the country, from today Friday (19-04-24) in the early afternoon until tomorrow Saturday (20-04-24) at noon, with heavy rains and storms.

The intense phenomena will start from the west, will quickly spread to the central and northern continents, the Sporades, Evia, the Cyclades, the eastern Aegean and later the Dodecanese.

Local hailstorms are expected to occur mainly in the eastern Aegean.

The winds will be strong and will reach 7 and locally 8 Beaufort.

More detail:

A. Heavy rains and storms are forecast:

Today Friday (19-04-24)

a. From early afternoon to the Ionian Islands, Epirus and western Sterea.
b. From late afternoon in Thessaly, western Macedonia, western Peloponnese and the northern parts of eastern Sterea (Fthiotida).
c. In the evening hours the phenomena will extend further east and will affect areas of central and eastern Macedonia
(mainly the prefecture of Pieria, the prefecture of Halkidiki as well as the sea-coastal areas of the prefecture of Serres and the prefecture of Kavala), the Sporades, Evia
(mainly the northern parts), the Cyclades, Thrace and the islands of the eastern Aegean.
d. A gradual weakening of the phenomena is expected from the evening hours in the Ionian and the western continents.

Tomorrow Saturday (20-04-24)

Until midday hours in Thessaly (mainly in Magnesia and the eastern parts of Larissa), the Sporades,
Evia (mainly the northern parts), in areas of central and eastern Macedonia (mainly the province of Pieria,
Chalkidiki prefecture as well as the sea-coastal areas of Serres prefecture and Kavala prefecture), Thrace (mainly the southern and eastern parts),
the islands of the eastern Aegean and the Dodecanese.

B. The phenomena from the evening hours today Friday (19-04-24) to the morning hours tomorrow Saturday (20-04-24) will be particularly intense and present a greater risk in the following areas:

Eastern Thessaly
Sporades (mainly Skiathos and Skopelos)
South Pieria
Northern Evia
Prefecture of Fthiotida (in the north)
Eastern Aegean islands (mainly Chios and Lesbos)

According to the EMY, the emergency bulletins will be updated every twelve hours.

Meeting of the Regional Coordinating Body

In view of the impending bad weather, a meeting of the Regional Coordinating Body of Civil Protection, Vassilis Kikilia, was scheduled at 15:00 in the New Region of Thessaly in Larissa.

It is recalled that this morning the Risk Assessment Committee was convened again, which partially upgraded the bad weather that will pass through our country in the next few hours.

According to information, as emerged from the Commission meeting, the possibility of issuing 112 messages in the areas expected to be affected by severe weather phenomena is being considered.