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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 04/30/07 0140Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G12  0115Z  CK
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LOCATION...SW TO W CENTRAL TEXAS
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ATTN WFOS...FWD...OUN...SJT...LUB...MAF...
ATTN RFCS...ABRFC...WGRFC...
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EVENT...VERY HVY TSTMS..CELL TRAINING/MERGERS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...MANUAL STLT ESTIMATES FOR THE COUNTIES
OF HASKELL/JONES/SHACKELFORD/THROCKMORTON FOR THE PERIOD 2115Z-0115Z WERE
GENERALLY 2-3"..WITH EST BTWN 3-4" FOR SHACKELFORD/THROCKMORTON. THE HVY
TSTMS THAT AFFECTED THESE COUNTIES ARE NOW OVER THROCKMORTON AND YOUNG AND
HAVE BEEN DRIFTING TWD THE NE. ADDITIONAL CONVECTION IS TO THE SW OF THIS
AREA..SOME OF WHICH MAY BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF HVY RAIN TO THESE COUNTIES.
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COOLING CONVECTIVE TOPS ARE MOVG SLWLY OVER COKE AND NOLAN COUNTIES..TO
THE N OF SJT..WHERE IR IMAGERY SHOWS NUMEROUS OVERSHOOTING TOPS. IT IS
ESTIMATED THAT 1-2" HAS FALLEN HERE BTWN 2315Z-0115Z. WITH COOLING TOPS
AND SLOW MOVEMENT OF CELLS..AS WELL AS APPROACH OF ANOTHER STRONG BAND
OF CNVTN W OF THESE COUNTIES..ANOTHER 2" OR MORE IS LIKELY.
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BAND OF CNVTN MENTIONED IN PARA ABOVE EXTENDS FM BREWSTER COUNTY NEWD
THRU MARTIN COUNTY. THE COLDEST CELLS ARE OVER UPTON/MIDLAND/W GLASSCOCK
COUNTIES. THE BAND IS MOVG E..AND THE NRN PORTION OF THE BAND WILL TRAIN
OVER AREAS THAT ALREADY RECEIVED HVY RAIN. SEE ACCOMPANYING GRAPHIC AT
WEB ADDRESS BELOW FOR OUTLINED AREA. ALLOW FOR 5 MINUTES FOR TRANSMISSION
OF GRAPHIC TO THE WEB.
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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 3378 9894 3248 9844 3085 10237 3187 10248 3247 10271
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