Based on comments and suggestions by two reviewers, I would reconsider the manuscript after a major revision addressing all the suggested comments. The revised version will further be reviewed by referees and the editor.

Dear Dr. Grabemann,

Thank you very much for the revised version of your manuscript, nhess-2019-351. The manuscript has now significantly been improved. However, before final acceptance, we have some minor comments (please see the suggestions by reviewer#2). After addressing those minor concerns, the manuscript can be accepted for publication in our journal Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS).

I look forward to receiving the revised version as soon as possible.

Sincerely,

Animesh Gain

Dear Grabemann et al.,

I am pleased to inform you that the revised version of your manuscript, 'Extreme storm tides in the German Bight (North Sea) and their potential for amplification' (nhess-2019-351) can now be accepted for publication in our journal Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS). Please inform your co-authors of the editorial decision.

You will soon be contacted by the journal publication office for the preparation of the final version of your manuscript. Please respond promptly to the requests of the publication office, as this will condition the time of your publication, and read carefully any copy-editing recommendations that they make. Let me remind you that final publication of your paper on the journal web site is subject to the payment of the appropriate service charges. Also, do not forget that as an open-access journal you can freely distribute your paper once it is published.

I take this opportunity to thank you and your co-authors for having selected Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS) for the publication of your scientific work. I look forward to receiving further contributions to our journal from you and your co-authors.

Sincerely,

Animesh Gain
NHESS Editor