000 FPUS71 KBUF 270812 NOWBUF SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 406 AM EDT SAT SEP 27 2003 NYZ001-002-010>012-019>021-085-271006- 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 406 AM EDT SAT SEP 27 2003 .NOW...THE SHORT TERM FORECAST FOR ALL OF WESTERN NEW YORK. AT 410 AM THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST OF SAINT CATHERINES, SOUTH ACROSS LAKE ERIE TO WESTFIELD IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY. THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST, AND WILL BE APPROACHING NIAGARA FALLS, BUFFALO, AND JAMESTOWN AROUND 530 AM. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. $$ MRP