000 AWUS43 KLBF 041036 CCA AWSLBF NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-042130- AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 332 AM CST THU MAR 4 2004...CORRECTED ISSUANCE TIME... A POTENT UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL ENTER WESTERN KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PROGRESS NORTHEASTWARD INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA LATE TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS WILL STREAM NORTHWARD TODAY FROM KANSAS INTO SOUTHERN NEBRASKA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR IN EASTERN KANSAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. AS TEMPERATURES IN THE ATMOSPHERE COOL THIS EVENING FROM WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW WITH SOME ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. HIGHS TODAY WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM THE UPPER 30S TO MID 40S WITH SKIES GENERALLY OVERCAST THROUGHOUT THE REGION. LOWS TONIGHT WILL HOLD IN THE 30S IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA WHILE THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION CAN EXPECT LOWS TO RANGE IN THE 20S. ON FRIDAY...THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL EXIT THE REGION MOVING FROM IOWA INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION. $$ ROBERG