Arctic air will continue below normal temperatures across the eastern half of the U.S. through today. A strengthening clipper storm will track north of the Great Lakes midweek with a widespread snow and gusty to strong winds through the region and into the Northeast U.S. followed by some lake effect snow. Read More >
Local and Regional Events:
September 16, 1965:
A heavy snow event brought widespread snowfall across the region with snowfall accumulations of 1 inch in Colony and Devils Tower, 2.6 inches at the Rapid City Airport, 4 inches in Oelrichs, 5.1 inches in Redig, and 8 inches in Lead, Spearfish, and Sundance.
September 16, 2006:
Two weak tornadoes touched down briefly west and north of Clark in the late afternoon. No damage occurred.
U.S.A and Global Events for September 16th:
1881: Iowa's earliest measurable snow of record fell over western sections of the state. Four to six inches was reported between Stuart and Avoca. Click HERE for more information from the NWS Office in Des Moines, Iowa.
1888: An estimated F2 tornado struck Washington, DC. The tornado first touched down on the south side of the city then moved up Maryland Avenue. The National Museum and Botanical Gardens were damaged before the tornado lifted off the ground. Click HERE for more information from the Capital Weather Gang.
1928: The Okeechobee Hurricane, also known as the San Felipe Segundo Hurricane was one of the deadliest hurricanes in the history of the Atlantic basin. This Hurricane made landfall near West Palm Beach, Florida as a Category 4 storm during the evening hours of the 16th. The storm surge caused water to pour out of the southern edge of Lake Okeechobee, flooding hundreds of square miles as high as 20 feet. This storm killed over 4,000 people, including 2,500 in Florida. Click HERE for more information from the NWS Office in Miami, Florida.
1961: On September 16, 1961, Hurricane Esther was seeded by Navy planes in the inaugural experiment of what was to formally become Project STORMFURY next year. Esther was the first hurricane to be initially detected by satellite. On Sept. 10th, TIROS III imaged an area of disturbed weather a hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. Click HERE for more information for the Hurricane Research Division.
2004: Hurricane Ivan turned northward over cooler waters, and made landfall in southern Alabama on September 16 as a Category 3 storm. Hurricane Ivan had a very unusual track almost making a huge circle. Click HERE for more information from the NWS Office in Mobile, Alabama.
As Hurricane Ivan's sustained 200 kilometers per hour winds wreaked havoc in the Caribbean, the swirling eye of the hurricane was photographed on September 11, 2004, from aboard the orbiting International Space Station (ISS) at an altitude of about 230 miles.
Hurricane Ivan: WSR-88D 0.5 reflectivity scan at landfall.
Click HERE for more This Day in Weather History from the Southeast Regional Climate Center.
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