ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/05/07 1856Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: 1845Z DS . LOCATION...W KENTUCKY...S ILLINOIS...SE MISSOURI... . ATTN WFOS...LMK...PAH...LSX... ATTN RFCS...OHRFC...LMRFC...NCRFC... . EVENT...W-E ORIENTED LINE CONTINUES BUILDING W . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...LINE OF STRONG W-E ORIENTED CELLS THAT HAS BEEN NEARLY STNRY FOR PAST FEW HRS IN W KY HAS BEEN BUILDING W OVER PAST HR. MERGER HAS JUST OCCURRED OVER JOHNSON/E UNION COUNTIES IN SRN IL BETWEEN 1745 AND 1815Z PRODUCING AN ESTIMATED 1-1.5" IN THAT HALF HR. CELLS ARE NOW GENERATING FARTHER TO THE W INVOF CAPE GIRARDEAU/BOLLINGER/PERRY COUNTIES IN SE MO NEAR THE FRNT. THOUGH EWD END OF LINE IS NOW STARTING TO SINK SWD..AM CONCERNED THAT CELLS COULD STAY THROUGH THE SAME GNRL AREA DUE TO INFLUENCE FROM NEXT S/WV PUSHING N THROUGH AR. ESTIMATE THAT 2.5-3.25" HAS FALLEN OVER PAST 90 MIN ENDING 1845Z OVER CRITTENDEN/POPE/HARDEN COUNTIES WHERE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE OCCURRED. JUST IN 1845Z IMAGES DO NOT SHOW MUCH OF A CHANGE THOUGH SOME STRONG CELLS FROM MO ARE MOVING EWD TWDS JOHNSON/POPE COUNTIES BUT EXPECT MORE CELLS TO INITIATE AGAIN IN SE MO. 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 3792 9032 3759 8658 3687 8642 3730 9024 . NNNN