Kraków, in southern Poland close to the Carpathian foothills, receives around 650 mm (about 26 inches) of rain a year, somewhat more than Warsaw, with a summer peak from thunderstorms intensified by the nearby mountains. The Vistula river, which also runs through Kraków upstream of Warsaw, has flooded the city significantly in the past during major rain events across the southern Polish mountains, including serious flooding in 1997 and 2010. Intense, localized summer storms remain a separate, faster-developing hazard for the historic city center. Because both flood risks matter here but operate on different timescales, radar is specifically useful for tracking the faster local storms. IMGW operates the national weather radar network.
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