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The life cycle of a convective storm forming over highly complex topography on the northern side of the Alps is studied. Moist convection began ahead of a cold front in the late morning of 2 August 2007 in eastern Switzerland. It developed into a supercell storm that moved along the Alpine main crest for more than 8 h, passed over several 2000 m high ridges and ultimately dissipated over eastern Austria...