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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 06/17/07 0705Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0645Z   AB
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LOCATION...NORTH DAKOTA...MONTANA...
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ATTN WFOS...FGF...BIS...BYZ...GGW...
ATTN RFCS...NCRFC...MBRFC...
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EVENT... HEAVY RAIN WITH COLD TOP CONVECTION OVER MONTANA/N DAKOTA
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS... GOES-12 SATELLITE IMAGERY AT 0645Z
SHOWED CONVECTIVE TOPS COOLING RAPIDLY FROM NE MONTANA TO CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA. PWs RANGE FROM 1.0" TO 1.25". MANUAL ESTIMATES YIELDED RAINFALL
RATES OF .8" TO 1.6"/HR FROM THE COLDEST TOPS OVER RICHLAND COUNTY IN NE
MONTANA. CELLS ARE MOVING TO THE ENE. ALSO ESTIMATED 1.0" TO 2.0"/HR FROM
THE COLD TOPS OVER KIDDER AND STUTSMAN COUNTIES IN NORTH DAKOTA. THESE
RAINFALLS RATES WILL APPROACH FFG.
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HYDRO-ESTIMATES    3HR TOTALS(0315-0615Z)
 MONTANA COUNTIES...
  W ROOSEVELT            2.4"
 NORTH DAKOTA
  MERCER/KIDDER/STUTSMAN 1.8"

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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 4917 10583 4825 9736 4594 9764 4663 10728 4889 10608
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