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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 06/07/07 1210Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1200Z KUSSELSON
NOAA AMSU:0840Z
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LOCATION...EXT N CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...C NORTH DAKOTA...
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ATTN WFOS...ABR...BIS...UNR...
ATTN RFCS...NCRFC...MBRFC...
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EVENT...WRAPPED AROUND AND ENTRAINED HIGH MOISTURE...SLOW MOVEMENT...
CONTINUED HVY RAIN AND FLOODING...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...BIG PICTURE ON WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWED
UPPER LOW HAS REFORMED OVER C NORTH DAKOTA OVERNIGHT VIC OF BURLEIGH
COUNTY.  GOES SOUNDER PW LOOP SHOWED WELL DEFINE PW MOISTURE PLUME FROM
SOUTHERN PLAINS/N CENTRAL TX AND OKLAHOMA THRU MO TO THE WESTERN GREAT
LAKES THEN WRAPPING BACK THRU S CENTRAL CANADA INTO C NORTH DAKOTA.
THIS MOIST CONVEYOR BELT HAS EXCELLENT TRANSPORT AND MAKING FOR ENTRAINED
SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE INTO NORTH DAKOTA THAT IS WELL ABOVE THE CLIMO
NORMAL.  SLOW MOVEMENT OF STEADY MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL HVY RAIN IN PIVOT
AREA ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA CENTERED FROM ADAMS/HETTINGER/GRANT
TO BERLEIGH WILL CONTINUE NEXT FEW HRS AND WILL AT LEAST EXPAND INTO
SHERIDAN...MCLEAN...MCHENRY TO THE NORTH AND POSSIBLY STICK AROUND
CORSON COUNTY IN N CENTRAL SD TO THE SOUTH.  PERSISTENT MODERATE TO HVY
RAIN CAN LINGER THRU THE MORNING IF UPPER LOW ONLY MOVES VERY SLOWLY.
NOTE THAT 0840Z AMSU AREAL AVERAGE RAIN RATES WERE 0.78"/HR OVER AN
AREA OF 15KMS CENTERED ON HETTINGER COUNTY...SO THESE TYPES OF RATES
FOR A FEW MORE HOURS WILL CONTINUE AND POSSIBLY EXPAND FLOODING ACROSS
THIS AREA OF NORTH DAKOTA.  WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND WILL SEND A
GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS ON THE WEB AT THE ADDRESS BELOW IN 10 MINUTES...
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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 4780 10044 4670 9987 4584 10161 4573 10288 4671 10270
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