955 FPUS71 KBUF 180950 NOWBUF SHORT TERM FORECAST 543 AM EDT FRI JUL 18 2003 NYZ001-002-010>014-019>021-085-181115- ALLEGANY-CATTARAUGUS-CHAUTAUQUA-GENESEE-LIVINGSTON-NIAGARA- NORTHERN ERIE-ONTARIO-ORLEANS-SOUTHERN ERIE-WYOMING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BATAVIA...BUFFALO...CANANDAIGUA...GENESEO... JAMESTOWN...MEDINA...NIAGARA FALLS...OLEAN...WARSAW AND WELLSVILLE 543 AM EDT FRI JUL 18 2003 .NOW...SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS EARLY MORNING MAINLY TO THE SOUTH OF BUFFALO. SOME OF THE SHOWERS WEST OF THE CITY HAS MOVED INTO THE BUFFALO AREA. SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE EAST OF LONG POINT CANADA, ACROSS LAKE ERIE, INTO PORTIONS OF ERIE, WYOMING, GENESEE, LIVINGSTON, EXTREME SOUTHERN ONTARIO COUNTIES AND ACROSS SECTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS WELL AS HEAVY DOWNPOURS, AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH MAY ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS. $$ EGR