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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/19/07 2355Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: 2345Z   GOES-12   TEB
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LOCATION...MINNESOTA...IOWA...SOUTH DAKOTA...
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ATTN WFOS...ARX...MPX...DMX...FSD...
ATTN RFCS...NCRFC...MBRFC...
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EVENT...FRONTAL CONVECTION
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...BROKEN CONVECTION ALONG THE COLD FRONT
DRAPE ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THRU S.E. SOUTH DAKOTA INTO NORTH NEBRASKA
HAS BEGUN TO CONGEAL IN SEVERAL SPOTS.  THIS, ALONG WITH A POOL OF NEARLY
1.50" PW VALUES ALONG WITH GREAT SURFACE MOISTURE CONVERGENCE, IS ALLOWING
FOR SIGNIFICANT HALF-HOURLY RAIN RATES ESPECIALLY WHERE CELLS HAVE MERGED.
ONE EXAMPLE IS IN S.E. SOUTH DAKOTA IN BON HOMME COUNTY WHERE WARM TOPPED
E-W ORIENTED CELLS WITH A SEVERE SIGNATURE HAVE MERGED RESULTING WITH
AN ESTIMATED 1.4" FROM 2215-2315Z.  ALSO, IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA, 3.9"
IS ESTIMATED FROM 2045-2345Z IN OR NEAR BLUE EARTH COUNTY.
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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 4440 9291 4424 9270 4362 9270 4289 9829 4343 9847
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