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

MAY 16

1965

Thunderstorms raged across western New York during the evening spawning two and possibly three tornadoes. The path was about 12 miles wide through south central Chautauqua County with the heaviest damage between Panama and Stedman. Three injuries were reported.

1974

Heavy thunderstorms on the 16th and 17th produced urban and poor drainage flooding in Monroe and Orleans counties with 12 hour rainfall amounts up to over 4 inches. Several school systems closed on the 17th due to road flooding.

1976

Brief heavy thunderstorms swept western New York leaving flooded streets and cellars and overloaded storm sewers. At Buffalo International Airport seven tenths of an inch of rain fell in a 20 minute period late in the afternoon. The heavy downpour closed transit road between Walden and Broadway in Depew. Portions of Amherst, Cheektowaga, and Depew (Erie county) also experienced some street and basement flooding. In Lockport, Niagara county, fire, flooding, and power failures resulted from the storm. About 300 homes were without electricity and lightning touched off a blaze in one home.

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