ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/15/07 1844Z CK SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: G12 1815Z G11 1830Z CK . LOCATION...S CENTRAL/S/SE TEXAS... . ATTN WFOS...HGX...FWD...EWX... ATTN RFCS...WGRFC... . EVENT...BAND OF TSTMS INCRG NW/N OF IAH..OTHER TSTMS DEVELOPING S OF SAT . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...A BAND OF TSTMS HAS DEVELOPED MAINLY DURING THE PAST HR ACRS AN AREA FM LEE TO MONTGOMERY/WALKER COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STMS ARE INVOF NW MONTGOMERY COUNTY..WITH A CELL MERGER OCCURRING IN THE PAST HALF HR..AND STLT EST IN EXCESS OF 1". . WV IMAGERY SHOWS MID LEVEL CIRC JUST S OF CLL. THE STRENGTHENING OF THIS MID LEVEL CIRC..AND THE PRESENCE OF SFC CONVERGENCE OVER S CENTRAL/S TX..SUGGESTS THAT ADDITIONAL TSTM DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY OVER THE DISCUSSION AREA. SLOW MOVEMENT/MERGERS/HIGH PW'S WILL RESULT IN VERY HVY RAINBURSTS IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME..WITH RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2-3" OVER SOME LOCATIONS. . 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 3103 9510 3042 9523 2989 9729 3063 9727 . NNNN