ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/27/07 1228Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12: 1215Z DS . LOCATION...TEXAS... . ATTN WFOS...EWX...SJT...MAF... ATTN RFCS...WGRFC... . EVENT...CELLS MOVING NWWD OVER UVALDE/KINNEY COUNTIES . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...ENHANCING CELLS MOVING NWWD WILL BE PRODUCING HVY RAINS OVER THE NEXT FEW HRS OVER THE SAME AREAS THAT RECIEVED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL YDAY FROM STNRY/BACKBUILDING CELLS. EDWARDS/VAL VERDE/KINNEY COUNTIES ARE MOST AT RISK DUE TO THEIR EXTREMELY LOW FFG THOUGH REAL AND MAVERICK COUNTIES WILL HAVE TO WATCHED CLOSELY AS WELL. CELLS HAVE NOW COOLED TO -73C OVER E KINNEY/NW UVALDE. SERLY SFC WINDS DIRECTLY BEHIND THE CELLS WILL HELP TO PUSH INDIVIDUAL STORMS ALONG TO THE NW WHILE AT THE MID/UPPER LVLS..SLTL WINDS ARE FROM THE SW INDICATE THAT THE MOTION OF THE OVERALL CLUSTER THAT MAY FORM ALONG THE RIO GRANDE FROM MERGERS W OF MAVERICK CO WILL BE MORE NRLY. 1 HR HYDROESTIMATOR THROUGH 1130Z HAD PRODUCED A SMALL AREA OF 1.3-1.5" IN CENTRAL UVALDE CO AND UP TO .8" IN SE KINNEY CO. SEE WEB ADDRESS FOR GRAPHIC. JUST IN 1215Z IR IMAGE SHOWS THAT A MERGER BETWEEN MULTIPLE CELLS HAS OR IS ABOUT TO OCCURR OVER THE RIO GRANDE IN SW KINNEY CO. RAINFALL RATES THERE ARE LIKELY AROUND 2.5-3.5"/HR AS THE CELLS MERGE. EXPECT RAIN RATES OF 1.5-2.5" TO CONTINUE AFTERWARD. SEE WEB ADDRESS FOR GRAPHIC AND ESTIMATES. . 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 3084 10055 2964 9915 2852 10061 3010 10224 . NNNN