000 FPUS71 KBUF 291901 NOWBUF SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 250 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2003 NYZ006>008-292049- JEFFERSON-LEWIS-OSWEGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LOWVILLE...OSWEGO AND WATERTOWN 250 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2003 .NOW... THE SHORT TERM FORECAST FOR THE EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION. AT 3 PM, A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS MOST OF JEFFERSON, NORTHEAST OSWEGO, AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF LEWIS COUNTIES, AND THEN OVER THE THOUSAND ISLANDS REGION. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE AREA STRETCHED FROM HARRISVILLE SOUTH TO LOWVILLE, TO JUST EAST OF HIGHMARKET. ALL OF THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AND WILL REACH CROGHAN AROUND 315 PM. ANY STORMS THIS AFTERNOON HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWNPOURS, GUSTY WINDS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL. BE ON THE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING IN SOME LOCATIONS. THE ACTIVITY SHOULD END ACROSS OSWEGO COUNTY BY 315 PM, AND JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES BY 415 PM. HOWEVER, AND OTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS LAKE ONTARIO MAY REACH WESTERN SECTIONS OF OSWEGO COUNTY BY 330. $$