ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/04/07 2254Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12: 2245Z DS . LOCATION...DEEP S TEXAS... . ATTN WFOS...HGX...CRP...BRO... ATTN RFCS...WGRFC... . EVENT...CELLS ALONG COAST STRENGTHENING . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...STLT IMAGERY SHOWS MERGING CELLS FROM SW KENEDY INTO NW WILLACY AND HIDALGO COUNTIES. ANOTHER CELL S OF THE BORDER IS MAKING ITS WAY N AND HAS MERGED WITH THE SRN END OF THE CELLS OVER HIDALGO. ENHANCEMENT OF THESE CELLS IS FROM OUTFLOW BNDRY THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN MOVING E/SEWD COLLIDING WITH CELLS THAT FORMED ON THE SEABREEZE. MANUEL ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL GIVE AS MUCH AS 2-3" IN HALF HR ENDING 2332Z FROM CENTRAL HIDALGO TO SW KENEDY FROM THE MERGING CELLS. EXPECTING RAINFALL OF THIS SAME AMOUNT WILL HAVE FALLEN WHEN MERGER OVER SRN HIDALGO/US BORDER IS COMPLETE. STORMS WILL PROBABLY REMAIN ALONG THIS SW-NE AXIS FOR NEXT FEW HRS CAUSING HVY RAINS..POSSIBLY BUILDING FARTHER NWD INTO REFUGIO/VICTORIA COUNTY. ALSO HAVE NOTICED ON VIS IMAGERY SOME NEW CELLS HAVE FORMED IN MX W/SW OF LRD THAT LOOK AS THOUGH THEY WILL BE MOVING EWD INTO SW WEBB/NW ZAPATA OVER NEXT 1-2 HRS. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. . 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 2876 9739 2841 9609 2525 9778 2585 9907 . NNNN