000 FPUS63 KOAX 182201 SFPNE NEZ001>094-191000- STATE FORECAST FOR NEBRASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 500 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT ACROSS EASTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... .TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EAST...BECOMING LESS LIKELY WEST. SOME COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. LOWS 70 TO 75 EAST...60S CENTRAL AND WEST...50S IN THE PANHANDLE. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE 90S TO NEAR 100 SOUTH AND EAST...80S WEST AND IN THE PANHANDLE. .TUESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S EAST...60S CENTRAL AND WEST... 50S IN THE PANHANDLE. .WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EAST. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S...MID 90S SOUTH. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FAR EAST. LOWS IN THE 60S...50S IN THE PANHANDLE. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE 60S...50S NORTH AND IN THE PANHANDLE. HIGHS 90 TO 95...80S NORTHEAST. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE 60S...50S IN THE PANHANDLE. HIGHS 85 TO 90 NORTH...90 TO 95 SOUTH. $$ CDC