000 AWUS43 KLBF 110900 AWSLBF NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-112100- AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 400 AM CDT TUE MAY 11 2004 A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM EXITING THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL CAUSE DEEP LOW PRESSURE TO DEVELOP IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE INTO CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF KANSAS...NEBRASKA...AND EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL DIVE INTO NORTHEAST WYOMING AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA BY AFTERNOON BRINGING STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO THAT PART OF THE REGION. A HIGHLY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL EXIST THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE 70S AND 80S. STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS...INTO A LARGE PART OF NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA. FOR TONIGHT...THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION WITH THE CONTINUED THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHILE A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES IN BEHIND THE LOW. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL DIP INTO THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S IN EASTERN WYOMING AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WITH 50S AND 60S COMMON ELSEWHERE. $$ KAR