000 AWUS83 KLBF 110100 RWSLBF NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-111500- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 800 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2004 A CLOUDY...COOL DAY BROUGHT A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS BECAME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON FROM LINCOLN COUNTY INTO CUSTER COUNTY...WHERE HAIL RANGING FROM PEA SIZED TO ONE INCH FELL. ALTHOUGH NORTH PLATTE AND VALENTINE RECEIVED LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN...BROKEN BOW TALLIED 0.60 INCHES... AND THEDFORD 0.16 INCHES. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WERE CLOSE TO 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL IN MOST LOCATIONS. VALENTINE RECORDED THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE IN THE AREA TODAY...REACHING 74 DEGREES...WHILE ALL OTHER AREAS STRUGGLED TO GET CLOSE TO 70. NORTH PLATTE REACHED A HIGH OF 67 DEGREES...21 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL...AND OGALLALA AND THEDFORD ONLY REACHED 63. LINGERING SHOWERS WILL EXIT THE REGION OVERNIGHT...AND PARTIAL CLEARING IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS FROM ONEILL WEST THROUGH VALENTINE AND RUSHVILLE. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE COOL...WITH TEMPERATURES GENERALLY FALLING INTO THE MID 40S. THE EXCEPTION TO THIS WILL BE AREAS FROM CURTIS TO IMPERIAL WHERE LOWS WILL FALL TO AROUND 50 DEGREES. $$ JMC