ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 06/01/07 0435Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0415Z AB . LOCATION...KANSAS... . ATTN WFOS...TOP...ICT...DDC...GLD... ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...ABRFC... . EVENT.... MERGER OVER CENTRAL KANSAS . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS... GOES-12 IMAGERY SHOWED AREAS OF COLD TOP CONVECTION OVER CENTRAL KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE/SW KANSAS. MANUAL ESTIMATES YIELDED RAINFALL RATES OF .8" TO 1.6"/HR. AS THE CONVECTION OVER CENTRAL KANSAS BOWS SOUTHWARD FROM BARTON TO REND TO HARVEY/MARION EXPECT MERGER TO OCCUR IN THE VICINITY OF STAFFORD COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES IN THIS AREA COULD BE AS HIGH AS 1.5" TO 2.5"/HR. . HYDRO-ESTIMATES 3HR TOTALS(0045-0345Z) KANSAS COUNTIES... ELLIS/RUSH/BARTON 1.9" . 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 3914 10042 3880 9614 3724 9631 3720 10096 3902 10042 . NNNN