{"id":7607,"date":"2026-05-01T09:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T09:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/7607\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T09:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T09:52:07","slug":"code-yellow-issued-for-saturday-as-thunderstorms-and-hail-to-hit-the-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/7607\/","title":{"rendered":"Code yellow issued for Saturday as thunderstorms and hail to hit the Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"body-large\">The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) has issued a code yellow weather warning as heavy thunderstorms and hail are expected to hit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamexpat.nl\/lifestyle\/about-the-netherlands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"link-large\">the Netherlands<\/a> on Saturday, May 2.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Netherlands braces for heavy thunderstorms on May 2<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"body-large\">While Friday is set to be a lovely day with clear skies, sunshine and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamexpat.nl\/lifestyle\/lifestyle-news\/highs-26-degrees-expected-netherlands-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"link-large\">temperatures reaching highs of 26 degrees celsius<\/a>, Saturday will see the weather take a turn for the worse. By Saturday afternoon, heavy rain and thunderstorms will move across the country from south to north, with hail and wind gusts expected as well.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"body-large\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knmi.nl\/nederland-nu\/weer\/waarschuwingen\/groningen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"link-large\">code yellow has been issued by the KNMI<\/a> for the whole of the Netherlands except the Wadden Islands. The weather warning will be in place from the afternoon on Saturday, May 2, until late at night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"body-large\">According to the KNMI, the country could see hailstones as big as 2 centimetres and wind gusts of 75 kilometres per hour are expected locally. Traffic and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamexpat.nl\/lifestyle\/events-festivals-netherlands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"link-large\">events<\/a> taking place outdoors could be disrupted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamexpat.nl\/lifestyle\/about-the-netherlands\/dutch-weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"link-large\">weather<\/a>, especially due to flooding.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More rain expected in the following days<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"body-large\">Following the stormy Saturday, Sunday will start out mostly dry. Temperatures are set to rise to between 17 degrees and 22 degrees celsius, before more rain arrives in the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"body-large\">There is a chance of heavy rain, thunderstorms and hail before it dries up by the evening, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weeronline.nl\/weerbericht-nederland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"link-large\">reports Weeronline<\/a>. The new week will see more dry weather, although it will likely be a bit chillier from mid-week with temps only reaching between 10 and 14 degrees &#8211; significantly cooler than the usual 16 to 19 degrees for this time of year.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) has issued a code yellow weather warning as heavy thunderstorms and hail&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6543,6542,5387,6546,6549,6548,6547,6,6058,6545,6544,6550],"class_list":["post-7607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-netherlands","tag-code-yellow-netherlands","tag-code-yellow-weather-warning-netherlands","tag-dutch-weather","tag-hail-storm-netherlands","tag-knmi","tag-may-2-code-yellow","tag-may-2-thunderstorm","tag-netherlands","tag-spring-weather-netherlands","tag-thunderstorms-netherlands","tag-weather-warning-netherlands","tag-weekend-weather-forecast-netherlands"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}