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Flood in Münster (2021-03-29)

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Activation date: 2021-03-29

Event type: Flood

Activation reason:

The CEMS Risk and Recovery Standard has been activated by the Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK) on behalf of Bezirksregierung Münster, for a retrospective assessment of the maximum flood extent and flood depth registered during the event occurred at the Ems river (Münster city, Germany) in February 2021, whose flood peak was observed on the 19th February 2021. The inundation was caused by a significant increase of temperatures to approximately 30 degrees that was registered since the 15th of February, resulting into a rapid snow melting process and into a consequent quick increase of the water level in local water bodies, so that numerous rivers around Münster burst their banks, causing floods in the regions along the Ems river.A hydraulic modelling approach has been adopted to provide the temporal analysis of the occurred flood event (P06 product) in terms of maximum flood extent, maximum water depth, and flood temporal evolution estimated during the period 17th-22nd February 2021. The model has been calibrated by using three P04-Flood delineation products depicting the flood footprint extracted from Sentinel-1 acquisitions taken on the 19th (682.65 ha), 21st (355.72 ha) and 22nd (353.86 ha) of February 2021.The maximum flood extent retrieved from the hydraulic modelling is 1791.31 ha. The water depth range has been estimated between 0.25 and 2.5 m (0.40 m on average).

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (2026): Flood in Münster (2021-03-29). [Dataset] doi: 10.2905/JRC.9QTGND8 PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/78d0f486-8bb0-4b8d-b9ed-d62b9373de41

Keywords

CEMSCopernicusCopernicus Emergency Management ServiceCopernicus Emergency Management Service Risk and Recovery Mapping ActivationCopernicus EMSCopernicus ServiceDEUEmergencyEmergency ManagementEMSN092FloodGermanyMappingRisk and Recovery Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Risk and Recovery Mapping Activation [EMSN092]: Flood in Münster (2021-03-29)
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Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Contact email
jrc-data-support (at) ec.europa.eu
Update frequency
unknown

The event occurs with unknown regularity.

Language(s)
English

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Data theme(s)
Regions and cities

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Science and technology

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Issued date
2021-03-29
Created date
02 Mar 2026 17:07
Modified date
13 May 2021 08:20
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSN092 
Dataset identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/78d0f486-8bb0-4b8d-b9ed-d62b9373de41
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