ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES TNZ000-KYZ000-ILZ000-MSZ000-MOZ000-ARZ000- . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/02/08 1659Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: G12 1645Z CK . LOCATION...TENNESSEE...KENTUCKY...ILLINOIS...MISSISSIPPI... LOCATION...MISSOURI...ARKANSAS... . ATTN WFOS...PAH...MEG...LZK...SHV... ATTN RFCS...OHRFC...LMRFC...ABRFC... . EVENT...SW-NE CONVECTIVE BAND MAINTAINS INTENSITY WHILE MOVG E . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...SW-NE BAND OF CNVTN ASSOCD WITH COLD FRONT EXTENDS FM NE TX THRU SE MO/S IL/W KY/IN. MOVEMENT IS TWD THE E..WITH INTENSITY BEING MAINTAINED AND EVEN INCRG WITHIN PARTS OF THE BAND. AUTOMATED SATELLITE ESTIMATES INDICATE 3 HR RAINFALL TOTALS BTWN 1-2.6" ACRS AN AREA FM CENTRAL AR THRU S IL. SOME TRAINING HAS OCCURRED ..ESP OVER SE MO/S IL..AS INDIVIDUAL CELLS HAVE BEEN TRACKING NEWD. . OVER THE NEXT FEW HRS..WOULD EXPECT HVY RAIN TO CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE THE AREA FM NE AR/MO BOOTHEEL THRU IL/KY BORDER AREA. FURTHER S..WITH TSTMS CONTINUING TO INTENSITY OVER S THRU CENTRAL/NE AR..WOULD EXPECT HVY RAIN TO SPREAD ACRS W TN AND NW MS BORDER DURING THE AFTN. . ESTIMATE GRAPHIC WILL BE AVAILABLE AT WEB ADDRESS BELOW IN APPX 5-10 MINUTES. RAINFALL EST TOTALS OVER S IL MAY BE TOO LIGHT DUE TO OBSCURATION OF WARMER CELLS BY CIRRUS. . SEE NCEP HPC DISCUSSION AND QPF/S FOR FORECAST. ....NESDIS IS A MEMBER OF 12 PLANET.... . SSD/SAB WEB ADDRESS FOR PRECIP ESTIMATES: HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/PCPN/ ...ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT /PS/PCPN/ . LAT...LON 3759 8790 3434 9007 3349 9349 3514 9163 3747 8915 . NNNN