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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 08/07/07 0505Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0445Z  RUMINSKI
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LOCATION...IOWA...
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ATTN WFOS...DVN...ARX...DMX...
ATTN RFCS...NCRFC...
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EVENT...HEAVY RAIN WITH MCC OVER NORTHEAST IOWA
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...AUTOMATED SATELLITE PRECIP ESTIMATES
SEEM TO BE HAVING TROUBLE WITH AMOUNTS OVER NE IA DUT TO EXTENSIVE VERY
CD CLD SHIELD. NEEDLESS TO SAY WITH SUCH CD TOPS (-80C)...VERY DEEP
MOISTURE IN PLACE (PW/S ARND 200 PERCENT OF NORMAL)...TRAINING AND SLOW
MVG CNVTN...MAX RAINFALL RATES ARE RUNNING AOA 2 INCHES PER HLF HR WITH
COLDEST CLD TOPS. THIS WILL PUT ALL OF THE IA COUNTIES FROM FROM FRANKLIN
AND HARDIN EWRD TO THE BORDER UNDER VERY HEAVY RAIN THREAT OVERNIGHT. 4
TO 5 INCH TOTALS APR LIKELY ALG THIS CORRIDOR OVERNIGHT WITH LOCALIZED
MAX AMNTS EVEN HIGHER.
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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 4348 9125 4198 9123 4218 9394 4340 9380
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