490 AWUS83 KLBF 271515 RWSLBF NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-272100- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1015 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 /915 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012/ SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLOUDY TO OVERCAST OVERNIGHT AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTED INTO NEBRASKA. AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS PUSHED THROUGH SOUTHERN...WESTERN...AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SOME AREAS ACROSS THE EASTERN PANHANDLE SAW MORE THAN 1.50 INCHES OF RAINFALL BY MORNING. WINDS WERE STRONG OUT OF THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR. LOW TEMPERATURES FELL INTO THE LOW TO MID 50S. FOR TODAY...SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY TO OVERCAST. AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS. PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEBRASKA MAY SEE AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE EAST SOUTHEAST SWITCHING TO THE WEST NORTHWEST BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ACROSS THE PANHANDLE WHERE THEY WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR WITH GUSTS TO 40. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE 50S WITH LOW 60S ACROSS THE EASTERN PANHANDLE. $$ AHSENMACHER