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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/05/07 2020Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1945Z  AB
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LOCATION...MINNESOTA...IOWA...NEBRASKA...SOUTH DAKOTA...
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ATTN WFOS...FSD...OAX...ABR...GID...LBF...UNR...
ATTN RFCS...NCRFC...MBRFC...
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EVENT... DEVELOPMENT OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FROM NC KANSAS TO E SOUTH
DAKOTA.
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS... GOES-12 SATELLITE IMAGERY AT 1945Z SHOWED
A MOSTLY STATIONARY MID/HI LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. A STRONG
VORTICITY MAX IS SHIFTING NORTHWARD OVER W NEBRASKA/E WYOMING. COLD TOP
CONVECTION CONTINUES TO FLARE IN AREA OF GOOD UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE
FROM C KANSAS TO SE SOUTH DAKOTA. THE COLDEST TOPS WITH HYDRO-ESTIMATES
OF .5" TO 1.6"/HR EXTEND FROM CHARLES MIX TO MOODY COUNTY IN SE SOUTH
DAKOTA. NEW CELLS ARE DEVELOPING IN THE VICINITY OF THE QUASI-STATIONARY
FRONT IN NEBRASKA AND ARE SHIFTING NORTHWARD.

3 HOUR HYDRO-ESTIMATES (1615-1915Z)
SE SOUTH DAKOTA COUNTIES...
  YANKTON/ TURNER        2.6"

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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 4453 10044 4450 9635 4115 9697 4145 10116 4453 10061
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