000 FPUS73 KOAX 270228 NOWOMA SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 928 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2002 NEZ050>053-065>068-078-088>090-092-270330- BUTLER-CASS-DOUGLAS-GAGE-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LANCASTER-OTOE-PAWNEE- SALINE-SARPY-SAUNDERS-SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATRICE...BELLEVUE...CRETE...FAIRBURY... LINCOLN...NEBRASKA CITY...OMAHA...SEWARD 928 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2002 .NOW... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA THROUGH 1030 PM. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS IS FROM WAVERLY TO HICKMAN TO BEATRICE...AND WILL MOVE TOWARD CASS...OTOE... AND JOHNSON COUNTIES. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT DAMAGING WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SOME HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. $$ IAZ043-055-NEZ030>034-042>045-270330- BOONE-BURT-COLFAX-CUMING-DODGE-HARRISON IA-MADISON-MONONA IA-PLATTE- STANTON-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBION...BLAIR...COLUMBUS...FREMONT... NORFOLK...ONAWA...TEKAMAH 928 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2002 .NOW... AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM GENOA TO COLUMBUS TO SCRIBNER WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST THROUGH 1030 PM FROM JUST NORTH OF THE PLATTE RIVER TOWARD THE MISSOURI RIVER AND EXTREME WESTERN IOWA. STRONGEST STORMS IN THE LINWOOD AREA MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL. $$ KLEMM