201 FPUS73 KLBF 161505 NOWLBF SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1005 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012 NEZ022>024-035-036-056>059-161700- GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN...ARTHUR... TRYON...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE 1005 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012 /905 AM MDT MON APR 16 2012/ .NOW... SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS WILL BE OBSERVED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN PANHANDLE AND INTO SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA THROUGH NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/. THESE SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. LOCATIONS MOST LIKELY TO SEE ANY RAIN WILL BE EAST OF A LINE FROM ARTHUR TO LEWELLEN TO VENANGO. PRECIPITATION COULD AMOUNT TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH PER HOUR. $$ BROOKS