000 FPUS73 KLBF 271947 NOWLBF SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 246 PM CDT MON SEP 27 2004 NEZ005>010-023>025-094-272100- BOYD-BROWN-EASTERN CHERRY-GRANT-HOLT-HOOKER-KEYA PAHA-ROCK-THOMAS- WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...BUTTE...HYANNIS... MERRIMAN...MULLEN...ONEILL...SPRINGVIEW...THEDFORD...VALENTINE 246 PM CDT (146 PM MDT) MON SEP 27 2004 .NOW... AN ISOLATED LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THROUGH 4 PM CDT (3 PM MDT). THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF DOWNPOURS...HOWEVER GENERAL HOURLY RAINFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN ONE TENTHS OF AN INCH. $$ NEZ029-038-071-272100- CUSTER-FRONTIER-WHEELER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARTLETT...BROKEN BOW...STOCKVILLE 246 PM CDT MON SEP 27 2004 .NOW... A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA HAS SPARKED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 4 PM CDT. THE STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH WITH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES LESS THAN 2 TENTHS OF AN INCH. $$ MASEK