764 FPUS71 KBUF 222331 NOWBUF SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 731 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003 NYZ001-002-010>012-019>021-085-230100- ALLEGANY-CATTARAUGUS-CHAUTAUQUA-GENESEE-NIAGARA-NORTHERN ERIE- ORLEANS-SOUTHERN ERIE-WYOMING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BATAVIA...BUFFALO...JAMESTOWN...MEDINA... NIAGARA FALLS...OLEAN...WARSAW AND WELLSVILLE 731 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003 .NOW... THE SHORT TERM FORECAST FOR THE NIAGARA FRONTIER AND WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER. AT 730 PM...A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF ERIE COUNTY...CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY NORTH AND EAST OF JAMESTOWN...AND EASTERN LAKE ERIE. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE AREAS EARLY THIS EVENING...AND WILL ALSO SLOWLY EDGE EAST INTO NORTHERN CATTARAUGUS...GENESEE...AND WYOMING COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...AS WELL AS FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. $$ JJR