000 FPUS71 KBUF 310943 NOWBUF SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 543 AM EDT WED AUG 31 2005 NYZ001-002-010>012-019>021-085-311200- ALLEGANY-CATTARAUGUS-CHAUTAUQUA-GENESEE-NIAGARA-NORTHERN ERIE- ORLEANS-SOUTHERN ERIE-WYOMING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BATAVIA...BUFFALO...JAMESTOWN...MEDINA... NIAGARA FALLS...OLEAN...SPRINGVILLE...WARSAW AND WELLSVILLE 543 AM EDT WED AUG 31 2005 .NOW... THE SHORT TERM FORECAST FOR THE NIAGARA FRONTIER AND WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER. WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NIAGARA FRONTIER THROUGH 800 AM. AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 8 AM. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADS AND POSSIBLE POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. THE RAIN WILL BE MORE INTERMITTENT ACROSS THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD REACH A HALF INCH IN A FEW SPOTS. SOME PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...ALONG WITH POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. $$ TMA