Hm...over half a century really.
February 17, 2017
By Georgina Mitchell
The Bureau of Meteorology (click here) has issued a severe weather warning for damaging winds and large hailstones the Sydney Metropolitan, Hunter, Illawarra, Central Tablelands and parts of the Mid North Coast, Southern Tablelands and North West Slopes and Plains.
The worst of the weather is expected to hit Sydney on Friday afternoon....
...Buses are replacing trains on part of the Hunter and Central Coast line, after lightning strikes affected signals on the tracks, and planes had to be diverted from Sydney Airport as lightning struck....
