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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/20/07 1832Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12: 1825Z
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LOCATION...TEXAS...
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ATTN WFOS...CRP...EWX...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...
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EVENT...STNRY CELLS..MERGING CELLS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...BLOWUP OF CELLS INVOF AND SE OF KRND
HAS NOT SHOWN MUCH MOVEMENT SINCE FORMING AND AS IS EVIDENT BY 1 HR
RAINFALL AMOUNT OF 2.85" AT KBAZ HAS BEEN PRODUCING TREMENDOUS RAINFALL
RATES. NEWEST IR STLT IMAGERY SHOWS VERY COLD TOPS OF -78C CENTERED
OVER N WILSON/SW GUADALUPE CO. ESTIMATE THAT MAX AMOUNTS OF 3.5-4.5"
HAVE FALLEN IN PAST HR OVER GUADALUPE/WILSON ENDING 1815Z WITH ONE
MERGER HAVING ALREADY OCCURRED. AM CONCERNED THAT ANOTHER MERGER IS IN
THE PROCESS OF OCCURRING ON THE SRN END OF THE CLUSTER. SERLY SFC WINDS
ARE PUSHING CLUSTERS OF STORMS ALONG THE COAST INTO THE SRN END OF THE
STNRY CLUSTER. MERGERS APPEAR AS THOUGH THEY WILL OCCUR VERY SOON INVOF
BEE/LIVE OAK AND GOLIAD COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL SMALL CELLS HAVE FORMED
ON THE SW SIDE OF THE MAIN CLUSTER AND MAY MERGE WITH IT JUST S OF
SKF. THESE MERGERS WILL PRODUCE VERY HVY RAINRATES LIKELY IN EXCESS OF
2 DUE TO THE VERY MOIST ATMOS. 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 3016 9789 2818 9656 2767 9704 2817 9863 2982 9905
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