ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/29/07 0203Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: G12 0145Z CK . LOCATION...NW TEXAS... . ATTN WFOS...LUB... ATTN RFCS...ABRFC...WGRFC... . EVENT...HVY TSTMS OVER S TX PANHANDLE AND NW TX ASSCD WITH VORT . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...GOES WV AND IR IMAGERY SHOW VORT CENTER NW OF LBB. PATCHES/CLUSTERS OF HVY TSTMS HAVE BEEN INTENSIFYING OVER THE DISCUSSION AREA OVER THE PAST 1-2 HRS. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN IS LYNN COUNTY..WHERE TSTMS HAVE REMAINED NRLY STNRY AND MERGERS HAVE OCCURRED. BTWN 2245Z AND 0145Z IT IS ESTIMATED THAT OVER 2" OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STMS OVER HOCKLEY ADN TERRY COUNTY IS MOVG E AND HAS BEGUN TO MERGE WITH THE STMS OVER LYNN COUNTY. ANOTHER 2" OR MORE IS LIKELY. OVER THE ERN PART OF LYNN..A STRONG CELL IS PRODUCING HVY RAIN ALONG THE LYNN/GARZA COUNTY BORDER. . FURTHER N..OVER NE HALE COUNTY..SUCCESSIVE CELL MERGERS ARE ESTIMATED TO HAVE PRODUCED 2" IN THE PAST HR. . 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 3447 10253 3446 10120 3308 10114 3296 10228 . NNNN