000 FPUS73 KLBF 202328 NOWLBF SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 627 PM CDT MON SEP 20 2004 NEZ005-023>025-035>037-057>059-069-094-210100- ARTHUR-CHASE-EASTERN CHERRY-GRANT-HOOKER-KEITH-LINCOLN-LOGAN- MCPHERSON-PERKINS-THOMAS-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTHUR...GRANT...HYANNIS...IMPERIAL... MERRIMAN...MULLEN...NORTH PLATTE...OGALLALA...STAPLETON...THEDFORD... TRYON...VALENTINE 627 PM CDT (527 PM MDT) MON SEP 20 2004 .NOW... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FORM ALONG AND BEHIND A COLD FRONT SWEEPING SOUTHEAST. THE LEADING EDGE WILL EXTEND FROM NEAR WOOD LAKE...TO THEDFORD...TO TRYON...TO GRANT WITH INCREASING COVERAGE BEHIND THE FRONT. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. EXPECT RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH OVER PORTIONS OF KEITH...MCPHERSON...WESTERN THOMAS AND EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY THROUGH 8 PM CDT. $$ NEZ006>010-026>029-210100- BLAINE-BOYD-BROWN-GARFIELD-HOLT-KEYA PAHA-LOUP-ROCK-WHEELER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AINSWORTH...BARTLETT...BASSETT... BREWSTER...BURWELL...BUTTE...ONEILL...SPRINGVIEW...TAYLOR 627 PM CDT MON SEP 20 2004 .NOW... SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OF AN ISOLATED NATURE ARE EXPECT TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND BECOME SCATTERED OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING. LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE $$ ROBERG