“As of 06/05/2026 at 8:20 p.m., short-term rain and thunderstorm clouds are moving in many regions of the country. The most intense rain is recorded in Kaunas, Tauragė, Panevėžys and Šiauliai counties.
In the coming hours, rain and thunderstorm clouds will move in the north, northeast direction, short showers with thunderstorms will continue in many places. In some places, it will rain heavily, wind gusts up to 15 m/s are possible,” the meteo announced.
“Ah, my dad filmed it, only with an old phone, the quality is not what it is, but you can see the tornado and when everything is flying,” wrote the netizen.
“I couldn’t see or hear such a sight and sound. I can see how the tornado lifts and carries the neighbors’ gazebo.
Trees were uprooted, the park was destroyed, the roofs of people’s houses were torn off, electricity cables were cut. The picture is terrible. I think the losses will be considerable,” Brigita, who witnessed the disaster in Antanav, told the Lrytas portal.
“The village suffered a lot of damage. Roofs were torn off, trees were uprooted. I saw a little of it myself. My yard was not touched, but I could see through the window how pieces were spinning in the air, roofs were torn off,” said Sonata.
Kliuvos and Kaunas
After a storm hit Kaunas on Friday, the readers of What’s Happening in Kaunas also report on a tornado that may have passed through the city. The residents of Aleksot were the most affected – trees were uprooted here, and the roofs of at least several houses were torn off.
“A powerful tornado ripped through J. Pabrezos street. The roofs of the houses were torn off,” – around 8:53 p.m. The news portal “What’s happening in Kaunas” was informed by a reader.
Another resident of Kaunas also sent a video showing a tornado-like phenomenon, and a journalist from the news portal “What’s happening in Kaunas” reports on the trees that were broken in Aleksote.
A journalist on the spot reports that there is also a dilapidated house with its roof blown off.
When the aforementioned portal contacted the on-duty firefighter of the Kaunas Fire Rescue Service, he indicated that a number of reports about the effects of wind and rain had been received in Kaunas.
“At the moment, all forces are working, we are eliminating the consequences”, he commented briefly, noting that he cannot comment further on the situation at the moment.
When asked where the most reports were received, the rescuer indicated that Alexote.
Several thousand were left without electricity
According to the Energy Distribution Operator (ESO), without electricity at 9 p.m. 15 minutes the outages left 4,900 users. Many faults can be seen in Kaunas, and almost the entire village of Antanavos is “turning red”.
9 p.m. 50 minutes their number has already increased to 5,500, and at 10 p.m. 40 minutes the number of households without electricity jumped to 7,700.
Recommendations and warnings about the storm were announced by Meteo as early as Friday afternoon.
“It will rain in many areas this evening and the next night, in some places heavy and with thunderstorms. Wind gusts can reach up to 15-17 m/s in some places during the thunderstorm.
Recommendations: be very careful on the road, choose a safe speed and distance – heavy rain reduces visibility and the road surface becomes slippery. If you are outside when the lightning starts, find a shelter, do not be in an open area, near single trees, metal poles, do not run,” the post reads.
Captured the whirlwind
As already mentioned, it seems that the beginnings of a tornado have been recorded in Lithuania. Netizens recorded them near the village of Genėtini (Panevėžys district) and Kupiškis district.
“Although I didn’t mention it in the previous post, there is a bit of a possibility of a tornado today. As you can see in the video, a similar formation was recorded after all.”
Sometimes very low-moving ragged clouds can remind you of a tornado. Judging by this record, it looks more like a tornado of the lowest category to me”, – meterologist Gytis Valaika commented on one of the records.
The weekend will be unpleasant
As forecaster Elvyra Latvėnaitė announced on Thursday, due to the cyclone named Peggy, we will have extremely rainy and turbulent weather in Lithuania this weekend.
“On Friday, the clouds of this atmospheric front, watering, will slowly travel far across Lithuania to the east. During the day, from the south, another atmospheric front will reach the southern and eastern regions of Lithuania, with considerable rain and thunderstorms.
What’s more, on Friday evening, a small cyclone turned on the wavy front of the atmosphere and “dives” across Lithuania to the north. So, on Saturday night and morning again, heavy rains (with thunderstorms) will water a lot of things. On Saturday, the wind from all directions, strong during thunderstorms, will swirl around Lithuania. So Saturday’s weather will not please you either.
Sunday and the beginning of next week will be calm, with weak winds, but the rain will still pour some more and others less on Sunday and the beginning of next week, and the fog will often spread at night. The Lithuanian summer will continue – the days will be pleasantly warm (slightly above 20 degrees Celsius), the nights will also be quite warm, and only when it clears up or the fog clears up, it will be a bit cooler,” the forecaster announced on her account.
Monday, June 8 it will rain at intervals, during the day with thunderstorms, at night the fog will spread in the western regions. The wind is unstable 3-7 m/s. 12-14 at night, 20-25 during the day, 17-19 degrees on the coast and in the northeast.
Tuesday, June 9 briefly, with thunderstorms, at night mainly in the south, south-east corner. At night, there will be fog in many places. The wind is unstable 3-7 m/s. 11-13 at night, 20-24 during the day, 15-19 degrees on the beach.
On the night of Wednesday, June 10, without rain, the fog will spread in some places, in the morning and during the day, rain clouds will move from the west to the east across Lithuania, watering heavily in many places. Wind at night south 5–10 m/s, during the day west, southwest 7–12 m/s, gusts up to 15 m/s on the coast. 13-15 degrees at night, 16-21 degrees during the day.
Thursday, June 11 without significant rain. The wind is unstable at 5-10 m/s. 6-9 degrees at night, 19-23 degrees during the day.
