• Today: A chance of thunderstorms after 5pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 78. Breezy, with a light southeast wind becoming south southeast 15 to 20 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
• Tonight: Thunderstorms, mainly before 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Some of the storms could be severe. Low around 50. Southeast wind 16 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
• Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 13 to 18 mph becoming west northwest 24 to 29 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 38 mph.
• Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. Northwest wind 6 to 11 mph.

• Today: Sunny, with a high near 77. West southwest wind 5 to 11 mph.
• Tonight: Clear, with a low around 43. South wind 8 to 13 mph.
• Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 79. South wind 8 to 13 mph.
• Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44. Southeast wind 7 to 9 mph.

• Today: A slight chance of showers between 8am and 1pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 60. Northeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 44. Northeast wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
• Friday: Rain likely, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 51. Breezy, with a north northeast wind 17 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
• Friday Night: A chance of rain before 1am, then a slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. Breezy, with a northwest wind 24 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

• Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Light west wind becoming southwest 11 to 16 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.
• Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 50. South southwest wind 5 to 11 mph becoming north northeast after midnight.
• Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 78. Light and variable wind becoming north northeast 5 to 7 mph in the morning.
• Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 51. East southeast wind around 7 mph

• Today: Showers and thunderstorms likely after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. West wind 5 to 14 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
• Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of showers. Low around 43. Southeast wind 7 to 10 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
• Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 69. West northwest wind 11 to 13 mph.
• Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39. South southwest wind around 7 mph.
• Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 79. Southwest wind 6 to 11 mph.
• Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 49.

• Today: Sunny, with a high near 75. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 44. Calm wind becoming south southeast 5 to 8 mph in the evening.
• Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 81. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 8 to 13 mph increasing to 21 to 26 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph.
• Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 53. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 18 to 23 mph decreasing to 11 to 16 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph.

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
NEBRASKA...

  SOUTH PLATTE RIVER NEAR ROSCOE AFFECTING DEUEL AND KEITH COUNTIES.

  SOUTH PLATTE RIVER AT NORTH PLATTE AFFECTING LINCOLN COUNTY.

  PLATTE RIVER AT BRADY NORTH CHANNEL AFFECTING LINCOLN COUNTY.

.FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER FROM THE
NEBRASKA/COLORADO BORDER INTO THE PLATTE RIVER THROUGH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA. THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY FALL
OVER THE NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER...AS ADDITIONAL RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS
COLORADO THE RIVER LEVEL IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH THE
BEGINNING OF OCTOBER.

THE PLATTE RIVER ACROSS EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY
FALL ON TUESDAY MORNING. SLIGHT FLUCTUATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...BUT THE
RIVER IS NOT EXPECTED TO RISE MORE THAN A COUPLE OF INCHES IN THE
BRADY AREA. THE RIVER WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...WITH ELEVATED RIVER LEVELS EXPECTED THROUGH THE BEGINNING
OF OCTOBER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR
CAR TO CROSS SAFELY AND THE ROAD BENEATH MAY NOT BE INTACT. VEHICLES
CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

SAFETY MESSAGE...STAY OUT OF FLOOD WATERS. THE VELOCITY OF THE WATER
WILL BE FASTER THAN USUAL AND UNSAFE. ALSO THE WATER CAN CONTAIN
SEWAGE...DEBRIS...BACTERIA AND OTHER ITEMS.

(AP) — The son of a county attorney in central Iowa has been given prison time for robbing a bank in Nebraska.

Kirk Reisetter was sentenced Monday to 15 months to 30 months in prison. He could get out earlier with credit for good time.

Reisetter pleaded guilty to robbery in connection with a September 2012 incident at the Nebraska Bank of Commerce in downtown Lincoln.

Prosecutors say Reisetter was a student at the University of Nebraska at Kearney when he entered the bank with a concealed face. He demanded money from a bank teller and left with nearly $3,000. Authorities later linked him to the robbery via security video from a nearby parking garage.

The 25-year-old is the son of Dallas County Attorney Wayne Reisetter.

(AP) — Minor flooding is likely in central Nebraska this week as the Platte River continues to swell with water from Colorado.

The floodwaters have caused problems all along the South Platte River in Nebraska since last week.

Now the National Weather Service is warning people who live near the Platte River in Cozad, Kearney, Grand Island and other communities downstream to prepare for possible flooding.

Experts are also urging everyone to avoid contact with the floodwaters which are contaminated and may carry dangerous debris.

And once the river rises, it will likely remain high for at least a day or two before receding.

The Platte River will begin rising at Overton overnight and at Elm Creek early Monday. The floodwaters will reach Kearney Monday evening.

(AP) — Nebraskans are being encouraged to plant trees this fall to replace ones lost to drought and enhance their communities.

The ReTree Nebraska group is planning a series of events across the state starting Sunday to encourage tree planting.

And cities all across the state have pledged to plant roughly 1,000 new trees this fall during events across Nebraska.

The state’s first lady Sally Ganem says trees are an important asset for the state’s communities because of the shade and economic benefits they provide.

• Today: Isolated thunderstorms before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 73. North wind 9 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 42. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light.
• Friday: Sunny, with a high near 74. Light and variable wind becoming west around 6 mph in the afternoon.
• Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 46. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the evening.

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
NEBRASKA...
  SOUTH PLATTE RIVER NEAR ROSCOE AFFECTING DEUEL AND KEITH COUNTIES.

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
NEBRASKA...
  SOUTH PLATTE RIVER AT NORTH PLATTE AFFECTING LINCOLN COUNTY.

  PLATTE RIVER AT BRADY NORTH CHANNEL AFFECTING LINCOLN COUNTY.

.THE LEVEL ON THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER HAS BEGUN TO RISE AND WILL
REACH FLOOD STAGE BY 5 AM MDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR
CAR TO CROSS SAFELY AND THE ROAD BENEATH MAY NOT BE INTACT. VEHICLES
CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

SAFETY MESSAGE...STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS OR ONLINE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE.