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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 04/29/07 1228Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12: 1215Z	DS
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LOCATION...W TEXAS...
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ATTN WFOS...SJT...MAF...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...
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EVENT...MERGING CELLS IN W TEXAS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...TWO CLUSTERS OF CELLS ARE STARTING
TO MERGE IN W TX THIS MORNING WHICH WILL CAUSE HVY RAINFALL OVER
PECOS/CRANE/WARD AND POSSIBLY UPTON COUNTIES IN THE NEXT 1-2 HRS AND
LIKELY CONTINUING PAST THAT TIME TO THE N. HYDROESTIMATOR SHOWS ESTIMATED
RAIN RATES OF 1.2-1.3"/HR FROM THE TWO SEPARATE CELL CLUSTERS. FACTOR
IN A MERGER BETWEEN THE CELLS AND ESTIMATE THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER
THE NEXT HR COULD BE 1.5-2"... MOSTLY OVER PECOS COUNTY. THE CELLS THAT
MOVED INTO PECOS FROM TERRELL COUNTY APPEAR TO BE ROTATING NWWD AS THEY
HAVE GOTTEN PULLED THAT WAY BY THE UPPER LOW OVER WRN MX. STLT WINDS SHOW
STRONG DVG OVER PECOS COUNTY AND GOES SOUNDER GIVES PW VALUES AROUND 1.2"
INVOF WRN TX THAT IS BEING PULLED NWWD INTO SE NM BY THE UPPER LOW.
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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 3180 10282 3085 10173 3005 10289 3122 10360
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