000 FPUS73 KOAX 231041 NOWOMA SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 540 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2002 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ015-031>034-042>045-050>053- 065>068-078-088>093-231200- BURT-BUTLER-CASS-COLFAX-CUMING-DODGE-DOUGLAS-FREMONT IA-GAGE- HARRISON IA-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LANCASTER-MADISON-MILLS IA-MONONA IA- MONTGOMERY IA-NEMAHA-OTOE-PAGE IA-PAWNEE-PLATTE-POTTAWATTAMIE IA- RICHARDSON-SALINE-SARPY-SAUNDERS-SEWARD-SHELBY IA-STANTON-THURSTON- WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUBURN...BEATRICE...BELLEVUE...BLAIR... CLARINDA...COLUMBUS...COUNCIL BLUFFS...CRETE...FAIRBURY... FALLS CITY...FREMONT...HARLAN...LINCOLN...NEBRASKA CITY...NORFOLK... OMAHA...ONAWA...RED OAK...SEWARD...SIDNEY...TEKAMAH 540 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2002 .NOW... THROUGH 7 AM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST IOWA. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS BURT COUNTY INTO MONONA AND HARRISON COUNTY IOWA...JUST EAST OF TEKAMAH THROUGH ONAWA AND LITTLE SIOUX IOWA. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. $$ JB