Weekend Showers and Thunderstorms Over the Southeast U.S.

A slow moving storm system over the northern Gulf Coast will continue periods of showers and thunderstorms over much of the Southeast U.S. through this weekend. The risk for heavy to excessive rainfall increases on Sunday as a surge of increased moisture moves over parts of northern Florida into southern Georgia. Read More >

Western New York Weather History

JUNE 23

1984

On the 23rd and 24th, slow moving thunderstorms accompanied by heavy downpours moved over already rain-soaked western new York. Precipitation totals in the Buffalo metropolitan area reached upwards of three and a half inches. At the airport...2.44 inches was recorded in a 24 hour period. Area streams neared bankful and numerous reports of urban and poor drainage flooding were received.

1989

22^nd-24^th…Many streams in western New York were still swollen from previous rains when heavy thunderstorms again crossed the area during the afternoon of the 22^nd. Lockport, Albion and Arcade reported rainfall of 3.3, 3.0, and 2.9" respectively. States of emergency were declared for the village of Arcade in Wyoming county and for Albion in Orleans county. In Arcade, trees were uprooted and moved 500 feet by the flood waters. The raging waters ate away the roadbed of the Conrail line in the town of Dale in Wyoming county. Genesee county had three bridges washed away. Officials said it would cost them three-quarters of a million dollars to replace them. There were numerous reports of road, basement and yard flooding througout the above counties. Orleans and Genesee counties reported crop losses amounting to $22 million. Tonawanda, Oatka and Black Creeks all reached flood stages. The Allegheny River crested about 3.5 feet above flood stage at Olean and Salamanca. A bridge in Franklinville was washed out. In Portville, 50 persons had to be evacuated form their homes. Portions of State Routes 219, 242, 16, and 98 were closed due to the flooding.

2008

A seasonably deep mid-level trough was slowly moving east through the Great Lakes with cyclonic flow and cold air aloft. The cold air aloft coupled with a relatively warm and moist boundary layer was favorable for hail producing storms. The thunderstorms developed along the Lake Erie breeze and spread inland through the interior Southern Tier and Finger Lakes with additional development on outflow boundaries and other subtle terrain induced boundaries. Hail, up to one inch in diameter, was reported in Ellicottville, Angelica, Walworth and Lyons.