ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/25/07 1730Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1715Z LIDDICK . LOCATION...CENTRAL TEXAS... . ATTN WFOS...LCH...HGX...FWD...EWX... ATTN RFCS...WGRFC... . EVENT...WELL ORGANIZED MCV CONTINUING TO LINGER IN CNTRL TX . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...MCV THAT SPAWNED FROM THE OVERNIGHT MCS IS STILL LINGERING IN CTRL TX AND CONTINUING TO MOVE SLOWLY NEWD. PERSISTENT/STRATIFORM RAINS IN THE "COMMA-HEAD" REGION OF THE VORT HAVE LEFT AN ESTIMATED 1.0"-2.0" OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS INVOF KERR/BLANCO/BEXAR/KIMBLE COUNTIES IN CNTRL TX...ONLY ADDING TO THE HEAVY RAINS THOSE COUNTIES SAW LAST NIGHT. WITH VORT LIFTING NE..EXPECTING THAT COUNTIES SUCH AS MEDINA/REAL/CTRL KIMBLE SHOULD SEE AN END TO THE STEADY RAINS FOR THE TIME BEING..WHEREAS COUNTIES INVOF MASON/BURNET/TRAVIS SHOULD SEE AN INCREASE IN THE STEADY RAINS. MOST AREAS..ESPECIALLY ON THE NRN TO WRN EDGE OF THE VORT..SHOULD SEE GENERALLY 1.0"-2.0" IN A PERIOD OF 2-3 HOURS...HOWEVER SOME AREAS MIGHT SEE SLIGHTLY HIGHER RATES AT TIMES DUE TO MERGING OF DEVELOPING CELLS TO THE N AND NE OF THE VORT. LOOKING TOWARDS E CTRL TX...EXPECTING THE STREAMERS AHEAD OF THE VORT TO CONTINUE FOR THE TIME BEING ANYWHERE FROM FORT BENT TO TYLER TO KAUFMAN TO HAMILTON COUNTIES IN E CTRL TX AS ONSHORE WINDS FEED 1.5"+ PW VALUES INLAND AND AHEAD OF THE AFOREMENTIONED VORT. EXPECTING THAT RAIN RATES WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND .75"-1.25"/HR..SOME LOCALIZED AREAS COULD SEE SLIGHTLY HIGHER RATES WITH ANY MERGERS/TRAINING THAT OCCURS. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. . 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 3261 9620 3040 9457 2946 9661 3081 9843 3216 9778 . NNNN