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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/02/07 1115Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1045Z   LIDDICK
		HYDROESTIMATOR THROUGH 1030Z
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LOCATION...TEXAS...
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ATTN WFOS...LCH...HGX...FWD...CRP...EWX...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...
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EVENT...CONTINUING/EXPANDING HEAVY RAINS ALONG TX COAST
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ALONG THE TX
COAST WITH ESTIMATED 6.0"-8.0" IN THE LAST 6 HOURS PER MANUAL/AUTOMATED
TECHNIQUES IN JACKSON/VICTORIA/DEWITT/LAVACA COUNTIES IN SE TX..WITH A
3.0"-5.0" SWATH FROM GOLIAD COUNTY TO INVOF HARRIS/FORT BEND COUNTIES
WHICH LOCALIZED AREAS HAVE SEEN ESTIMATED 2.0"-4.0" IN JUST THE PAST
1.5 TO 2 HOURS.

ALSO CONCERNED WITH REFUGIO/SAN PATRICIO COUNTY AS 2 MERGERS AND TRAINING
COLD TOP CONVECTION MOVED OVER THE COUNTIES WHICH PRODUCED AN ESTIMATED
2.0"-4.0" SINCE 0945Z.

IR IMAGERY SHOWING A MCV INVOF DUVAL COUNTY LIKELY REMNANT FROM THE
CONVECTION OVER EXTREME S TX LAST EVENING AS WELL AS AN APPROACHING
SHORTWAVE ON WV IMAGERY LEADING TO EXPANSION OF RAINS SWD INTO NUECES
COUNTY AND LIKELY WILL CONTINUE AS MCV AND WAVE GET CLOSER.  RATES WILL
LIKELY REACH 2.0"/30 MIN AT TIMES ON THIS SRN EDGE OF THE CONVECTION
AS MERGERS AND TRAINING WILL AKE ADVANTAGE OF THE 2.25" PW PER GOES
SOUNDER/GPS DATA.  TOPS ARE WARMING AND EDGE SEEMS TO BE SLOWLY MOVING
OFF THE COAST WITH THE REST OF THE CONVECTION FROM VICTORIA TO HARRIS
COUNTY..BUT STILL EXPECTING 1.0"-2.0/HR RATES..ESPECIALLY ALONG THE
COAST NEAR THE EDGE OF THE CONVECTION..FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO GIVEN
THE SATURATED ATMOSPHERE.

CHECK WEB IN APPROX 10 MIN FOR ATTACHED HYDROESTIMATOR GRAPHIC
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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 3106 9607 3060 9471 2984 9422 2714 9701 2805 9832 2923
9788
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