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European Severe Storms Laboratory (ESSL)

Welcome! The European Severe Storms Laboratory (ESSL) performs and supports research on severe convective storms, their prediction and their impacts, and provides training courses to researchers and forecasters. Read more on our vision, mission and strategy.

European Severe Weather Database and EWOB

European Conference on Severe Storms (ECSS)

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News

  • A review of border-crossing tornadoes in Europe 19 Mar 2026
  • Registration for ESSL-EUMETSAT Annual Forecaster Event 2026 now open 24 Feb 2026
  • New study on global trends of large hail and associated losses published in nature geoscience 12 Jan 2026
  • ECSS2025 photos 10 Dec 2025
  • ESSL Annual Report 2024 published 4 Dec 2025

Hail & lightning forecast (AR-CHaMo)

ESSL WEATHER DATA DISPLAYER

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TIM – Severe Storms Field Campaign

Thunderstorm Intensification from Mountains to Plains

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