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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/21/07 0131Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12: 0115Z	DS
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LOCATION...TEXAS...
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ATTN WFOS...MAF...EPZ...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...
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EVENT...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...MULTIPLE CELLS IN W TX ARE PRODUCING
MOD/HVY RAINFALL. CELLS HAVE FORMED INTO A MOSTLY N-S LINE FROM ALONG
THE CULBERSON/REEVES COUNTY BORDER SWD THROUGH CENTRAL PRESIDIO COUNTY
INTO MX. NRN END HAS BEEN SLOW MOVING DUE TO THE MERGER THAT OCCURRED
THERE RECENTLY AND ADDITIONAL MERGERS ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION AS
THE CELL OVER CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY SEEMS TO BE DRIFTING NWD TWDS
ABOVE MENTIONED CLUSTER. LIGHTNING PLOT SHOWS A FAIRLY CONTINUOUS LINE
OF STORMS WITH LAST VIS IMAGES SHOWING 4 OVERSHOOTING TOPS..ONE OVER
REEVES/CULBERSON BORDER..ONE OVER CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS..ONE ALONG THE
MX BORDER IN W PRESIDIO..AND ONE IN EXTREME SE PRESIDIO. ESTIMATE RAIN
RATES TO BE .7-1.1"/HR THOUGH THESE COULD INCREASE TO NEAR 1.5"/HR WITH
ANY MERGERS THAT OCCUR. LINE APPEARS TO BE MOVING EWD BUT INDIVIDUAL
CELLS..PARTICULARY THOSE S OF CULBERSON/REEVES COUNTY CELL ARE MOVING
NEWD. SEE WEB ADDRESS BELOW FOR GRAPHIC IN 5-10 MIN.
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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 3171 10327 2930 10198 2828 10399 3089 10584
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