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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/02/07 2253Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12: 2245Z	DS
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LOCATION...TEXAS...
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ATTN WFOS...EWX...SJT...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...
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EVENT...HVY RAINS/MERGER ALONG LINE OF STORMS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...TWO STRONG CELLS WITHIN THE TAIL OF THE
MCS..WHICH HAS NOW BECOME MORE FRAGEMENTED..ARE ABOUT TO MOVE OVER KERR
AND GILLESPIE COUNTIES..BOTH OF WHICH HAVE LOW FFG. CLOUD TOPS ARE AT
-68C ON THESE TWO CELLS WHICH HAVE ALREADY MERGED ON IR AND ARE SHOWN
STARTING TO MERGE OVER EXTREME NWRN KERR ON RADAR. HYDROESTIMATOR GIVES
INSTANTANEOUS RAINFALL RATES OF ABOUT 1.5"/HR AT THE MOMENT AND THIS
SHOULD ONLY INCREASE WITH RATES OF AROUND 2"/HR POSSIBLE IN THE FIRST
HALF HR OF THE MERGER. GOOD LOW LVL INFLOW CONTINUES TO POUR IN FROM
THE SE BRINGING RICH MOISTURE FROM THE WRN GULF. THE CELLS ARE MOVING
ALONG BUT HAVE SLOWED IN THE PAST 30 MIN..PERHAPS DUE TO THE MERGING
CELLS. SEE WEB ADDRESS FOR GRAPHIC.
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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 3067 9933 3059 9849 2977 9921 2994 10005
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