590 FPUS73 KGLD 040901 NOWGLD SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 301 AM MDT TUE JUN 4 2002 COZ090>092-KSZ001-002-013-014-027-028-041-042-NEZ079-080-041000- CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-DUNDY-GREELEY-HITCHCOCK-KIT CARSON-LOGAN- RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS-WALLACE-WICHITA-YUMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENKELMAN...BURLINGTON...COLBY... GOODLAND...LEOTI...YUMA .NOW... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY TRACK TO THE NORTHEAST THROUGH 4 AM MDT (5 AM CDT). THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WILL BE LOCATED ALONG AND TO THE SOUTH OF A CHEYENNE WELLS COLORADO TO ATWOOD KANSAS LINE. WITH THE STRONGER STORMS YOU CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH PER HOUR NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS. $$ KSZ003-004-015-016-029-NEZ081-041000- DECATUR-GOVE-GRAHAM-NORTON-RED WILLOW-SHERIDAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILL CITY...MCCOOK...NORTON...OBERLIN .NOW... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 5 AM CDT. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WILL BE ALONG AND TO THE NORTH OF A SELDEN TO ALMENA LINE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT...WITH MOST AREAS RECEIVING A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. HOWEVER PERIODS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE STRONGER STORMS. $$ MARTIN