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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/20/07 0601Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0545Z KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...KANSAS...
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ATTN WFOS...TOP...GID...
ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...
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EVENT...NARROW AREA OF CONVECTION...BUT SLOW MOVING AND MERGERS ALONG
WITH HIGH MOISTURE FOR LOCAL HVY RAINS NEXT FEW HRS...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...UPPER LEVEL WINDS UNDER 20KTS AS PER
SATELLITE AND NARROW HIGH MOISTURE PLUME ACROSS THE AREA WITH VALUES
NEAR 1.8" AND BETTER THAN 150 PERCENT OF NORMAL.  VORT DROPPING THRU
CENTRAL KS AS PER WATER VAPOR AND ANOTHER POSSIBLLE VORT MAYBE COMING
IN FROM NEBRASKA LATER TONIGHT.  CLOUD TOPS HAVE RECENTLY WARMED MOST
PLACES...BUT OVERSHOOTING CLOUD TOPS STILL PREVALENT...SO WILL CONTINUE
TO BE POCKETS OF HVY RAIN THAT IF THEY STAY CLOSE TO THE SAME SPOT THE
NEXT HR OR TWO COULD HEIGHTEN ISOLATED FF THREAT.  BEST AREA LOOKS TO
BE A NARROW AREAS CENTERED FROM JEWELL COUNTY IN N CENTRAL KS TO CLAY
TO POTTAWATOMIE.  NOT EXPECTING ANYTHING WIDESPREAD...JUST ISOLATED
NARROW HEAVY AREAS NEXT FEW HRS...WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR...
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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 3978 9815 3884 9541 3871 9535 3956 9819
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