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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 09/14/08 1259Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1245Z KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...MICHIGAN...INDIANA...SE WISCONSIN...ILLINOIS...E MISSOURI...
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ATTN WFOS...IWX...GRR...IND...LOT...ILX...MKX...LSX...DVN...
ATTN RFCS...OHRFC...NCRFC...MBRFC...
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EVENT...BANDS FROM IKE INTERACTING WITH FRONT FOR HVY RAIN AND FLOODING...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...REMAINS OF IKE MOVING QUICKLY THRU
SOUTHEAST MO TOWARD S ILLINOIS.  MOST CONCERN WITH DEFORMATION COLD
TOPS BAND AWAY FROM CENTER TO THE NORTH AND NW QUAD OF THE STORM AS
CONVECTIVE FEEDER LIKE BANDS WRAPPING BACK THAT WAY BOTH INTERACTING WITH
COLD FRONT AND OTHER WEAKER FEEDER BAND FUNNELING INTO THE NORTH AND NW
SIDE OF THE STORM.   AND IT IS WHERE THE ENTRAINING TROPICAL MOISTURE
RESIDES THE LONGEST.  CONVECTIVE CELLS ALONG AND SOUTH OR SE OF THE
STORM CENTER MOVING AT QUICK ENOUGH PACE TO ALLOW FOR A BURST OR 2 OF
HVY RAIN...WHILE TO THE NORTH AND NW OF THE CENTER THE RATES MAY NOT BE
QUITE AS HIGH BUT THE LENGTH OF TIME OF THE HEAVY RAIN IS WHAT WOULD
HEIGHTEN FLOOD CONDITIONS.  RIGHT NOW THAT ACROSS E CENTRAL MO AND W
CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS MORNING...GENERALLY ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST THIS
MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON.   DEFORMATION MODERATE TO HVY RAIN WILL
EXTENDING OUT ACROSS TO CENTRAL AND NE ILLINOIS...POSSIBLY EXT SE WI THIS
MORNING INTO AFTERNOON AND NORTHERN THIRD OF INDIANA INTO AT LEAST S LOWER
MICHIGAN FOR LATER THIS MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON THRU THE REST OF THE DAY.
WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR...SEE ANALYSIS GRAPHIC ON HOME PAGE AT ADDRESS
BELOW...ALSO SEE 6HR SATELLITE RAINFALL ESTIMATE GRAPHIC THRU 1230Z
ON OUR HOME PAGE ADDRESS BELOW WHERE MAX ESTIMATE OF 6" WAS IN PHELPS
COUNTY AND 2-4 INCHES EXTENDS THRU E CENTRAL MO...
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SEE NCEP HPC DISCUSSION AND QPF/S FOR FORECAST.
....NESDIS IS A MEMBER OF 12 PLANET....
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SSD/SAB WEB ADDRESS FOR PRECIP ESTIMATES:
HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/PCPN/
...ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT /PS/PCPN/
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LAT...LON 4269 8796 4220 8475 4030 8481 3786 9086 3963 9092
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