811 FPUS73 KLBF 060558 NOWLBF SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1258 AM CDT TUE AUG 6 2002 NEZ004-060700- SHERIDAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...RUSHVILLE 1158 PM MDT MON AUG 5 2002 .NOW... ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE...A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIFT NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND MOVE OUT OF NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20 BEFORE 100 PM MDT. AFTER THE RAIN ENDS...NO ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED IN SHERIDAN COUNTY FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. $$ NEZ094-060700- WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MERRIMAN 1158 PM MDT MON AUG 5 2002 .NOW... ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE...A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIFT NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND MOVE OUT OF NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY BY 200 PM MDT. UNTIL THAT TIME...THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN WEST AND NORTH OF MERRITT RESERVOIR...WHERE VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 45 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR. $$ NEZ005-060700- EASTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...VALENTINE 1258 AM CDT TUE AUG 6 2002 .NOW... ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE...A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIFT NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH... REACHING THE VALENTINE AREA BY 200 AM CDT. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 45 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE THREAT OF RAIN SHOULD END OVER THE AREA BETWEEN 300 AM CDT AND 400 AM CDT AS STORMS CONTINUE NORTHEAST INTO SOUTH DAKOTA. $$ WERT