A reconstruction of 1 August 1674 thunderstorms over the Low Countries

van der Schrier, Gerard; Groenland, Rob

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-157-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-157-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-157-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 2

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10 Feb 2017

Research article |

| 10 Feb 2017

A reconstruction of 1 August 1674 thunderstorms over the Low Countries

Gerard van der Schrier and Rob Groenland

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RC1: 'A useful contribution to severe weather climatology', Philip Brohan, 29 Sep 2016
- AC2: 'reply to the review of Dr. Brohan', Gerard van der Schrier, 02 Dec 2016
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Oct 2016
- AC3: 'reply to the second reviewer', Gerard van der Schrier, 02 Dec 2016
RC3: 'Some considerations made on the Schrier and Groenland paper by Adriaan de Kraker', Adriaan De Kraker, 21 Oct 2016
- AC1: 'reply to the review of Dr. de Kraker', Gerard van der Schrier, 02 Dec 2016

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by Editor) (04 Dec 2016) by Vassiliki Kotroni

AR by Gerard van der Schrier on behalf of the Authors (14 Dec 2016) Author's response

ED: Publish as is (29 Dec 2016) by Vassiliki Kotroni

AR by Gerard van der Schrier on behalf of the Authors (23 Jan 2017) Manuscript

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On 1 August 1674, very severe thunderstorms occurred along a squall line from northern France to the northern parts of Holland, where damages were particularly severe. Using reported and pictured observations of damages, a reconstruction of this storm is made and an interpretation using modern meteorological concepts is given. Special attention is given to the city of Utrecht, which was hit hardest and where the impact of this storm is still recognisable in the cityscape.