878 FPUS73 KOAX 190039 NOWOMA SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 739 PM CDT WED SEP 18 2002 NEZ016>018-030>032-042-043-190200- ANTELOPE-BOONE-COLFAX-MADISON-PIERCE-PLATTE-STANTON-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBION...COLUMBUS...NELIGH...NORFOLK... WAYNE 739 PM CDT WED SEP 18 2002 .NOW... AN AREA OF LIGHT SHOWERS FROM ALBION TO WEST OF NORFOLK WILL MOVE TOWARD NORFOLK...NELIGH AND PIERCE THROUGH THROUGH 900 PM. THE WHOLE AREA OF RAIN SHOULD SHIFT EAST ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA THIS EVENING. RAIN AMOUNTS FROM THESE SHOWERS SHOULD BE FAIRLY LIGHT. $$ IAZ069-079-080-090-091-NEZ052-053-067-068-090>093-190200- CASS-DOUGLAS-FREMONT IA-JOHNSON-MILLS IA-MONTGOMERY IA-NEMAHA-OTOE- PAGE IA-PAWNEE-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-RICHARDSON-SARPY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUBURN...BELLEVUE...CLARINDA... COUNCIL BLUFFS...FALLS CITY...NEBRASKA CITY...OMAHA...RED OAK... SIDNEY 739 PM CDT WED SEP 18 2002 .NOW... ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR PAWNEE CITY TO FALLS CITY WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARD SHENANDOAH AND CLARINDA IOWA THROUGH 900 PM. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP NORTHWEST OF THIS AREA THROUGH MID EVENING. $$ CHERMOK