ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 04/30/07 2135Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: G12 2115Z CK . LOCATION...DEEP S TEXAS... . ATTN WFOS...CRP... ATTN RFCS...WGRFC... . EVENT...MERGERS OVER S MCMULLEN COUNTY . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...1-1.5" OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED OVER S MCMULLEN COUNTY AND INVOF BORDER AREA WITH DUVAL COUNTY DURING THE PAST HR AS CELL MERGERS HAVE OCCURRED. CLOUD TOP TEMPS HAVE COOLED TO -71C. NEW WARM TOP CELL HAS ALSO DEVELOPED OVER N LIVE OAK COUNTY. OVER THE NEXT HALF HR A MERGER SHOULD RESULT BETWEEN THIS CELL AND THE STRONGER CLUSTER OVER MCMULLEN. . WITH ADDITIONAL CELL MERGERS EXPECTED..WOULD ESTIMATE THAN AN ADDITIONAL 2" IS LIKELY..WITH 2"PLUS QUITE PSBL..INVOF MCMULLEN/LIVE OAK COUNTY AREA OVER THE NEXT HR OR TWO. . 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 2859 9894 2857 9800 2792 9793 2780 9882 . NNNN