935 FPUS73 KLBF 050016 NOWLBF SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 610 PM CST WED FEB 4 2004 NEZ004>006-008-009-094-050200- BROWN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-ROCK-SHERIDAN-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...MERRIMAN... RUSHVILLE...SPRINGVIEW...VALENTINE 610 PM CST (510 PM MST) WED FEB 4 2004 .NOW... WIDESPREAD SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST NEBRASKA. SNOWFALL RATES OVER MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE LESS THAN 1/4 INCH PER HOUR. SOME HEAVIER RATES AS HIGH AS 1/2 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 20. $$ NEZ038-059-050200- CUSTER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROKEN BOW...NORTH PLATTE 610 PM CST WED FEB 4 2004 .NOW... ...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... WIDESPREAD SNOW IS EXPECTED MOST OF TONIGHT IN MUCH OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. SNOWFALL RATES WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT TO ABOUT 1/2 INCH PER HOUR. MEANWHILE...SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO 1/4 INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED FROM BROKEN BOW AND NORTH PLATTE AND NORTH. $$ NEZ007-010-022>029-035>037-050200- ARTHUR-BLAINE-BOYD-GARDEN-GARFIELD-GRANT-HOLT-HOOKER-LOGAN-LOUP- MCPHERSON-THOMAS-WHEELER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTHUR...BARTLETT...BREWSTER...BURWELL... BUTTE...HYANNIS...MULLEN...ONEILL...OSHKOSH...STAPLETON...TAYLOR... THEDFORD...TRYON 610 PM CST (510 PM MST) WED FEB 4 2004 .NOW... ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT IN NORTH CENTRAL...CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO 1/4 INCH PER HOUR ARE LIKELY. $$ SPRINGER