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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 06/24/07 1408Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1402Z  RUMINSKI
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LOCATION...TENNESSEE...MISSISSIPPI...MISSOURI...ARKANSAS...
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ATTN WFOS...PAH...MEG...LZK...SGF...
ATTN RFCS...LMRFC...ABRFC...
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EVENT...CONVECTIVE CLUSTER OVER NORTHEAST ARKANSAS SHOWING SIGNS OF
WEAKENING
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...SATELLITE IMAGERY PAST HR INDICATES SOME
WEAKENING OF CNVTV CLUSTER AS CLOUD TOP TEMPS HAVE BEEN WARMING/DCRG
IN AREAL COVERAGE. HOWEVER..STILL CAUSE FOR SOME CONCERN FOR ADL
HEAVY RAINFALL. VIS IMAGERY SHOWING LUMPY TEXTURE WITH SHARP EDGES AND
OVERSHOOTING TOP OVER SE LAWRENCE COUNTY. MERGING LOW LEVEL FEEDER LINES
(ONE FEEDING IN TO THE NW PART OF CLUSTER ANOTHER FROM THE W) ALSO AIDING
TO KEEP CNVTN GOING. AND WITH VERY MOIST AMS..EVEN AS CLD TOP TEMPS WARM
HEAVY PRECIP WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO WIND DOWN.
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AREA OF CONCERN FOR NEXT 1-2 HRS WILL BE RGN OF INTERSECTION FOR FEEDER
LINES AND AREA IMMEDIATELY DOWNSTREAM..JACKSON..POINSETT AND CRAIGHEAD
COUNTIES. STILL ESTG HRLY RAINFALL UP TO 1.5"...PSBLY UP TO 2" LOCALLY
UNDER CORE OF MERGING CELLS.
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QUICK LOOK AT 1402Z IMAGE SHOWS FURTHER MODEST CLD TOP TEMP WARMING ALONG
SRN HLF OF CLUSTER BUT SOME ADL COOLING/EXPANSION OF CLD TOPS WITH MVG
FROM SE LAWRENCE INTO NRN CRAIGHEAD.
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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 3650 9211 3642 8995 3488 9014 3493 9222
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