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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 09/06/07 2310Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 2245Z    LIDDICK
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LOCATION...SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
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ATTN WFOS...SJT...MAF...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...
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EVENT...MERGER WITH STATIONARY CELL OVER PECOS COUNTY
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING MERGER
LIKELY WITHIN THE NEXT 15 MIN OR SO OVER N CNTRL PECOS COUNTY WITH A CELL
THAT IS MOVING NORTH THROUGH THE COUNTY WITH A CELL THAT AHS REMAINED
RATHER STATIONARY OVER THE LAST 30 MIN OR SO.  FROM THE STATIONARY
CELL ALONE...MANUAL ESTIMATES GIVING 1.0" IN SOME AREAS BETWEEN 2215
AND 2245 WITH THE RAPID COOLING TOPS TO NEAR -70C.  VIS IMAGERY SHOWING
ACTIVE PART OF THE SRN CELL IS ON THE NRN PORTION..WHICH LOOKS TO MERGE
WITH THE OTHER CELL VERY SHORTLY.  A MERGER COULD PRODUCE 30 RAIN RATES
OF .5"-1.0" IN SOME AREAS AS PW VALUES ARE IN THE 1.3" AREA PER MODEL
SOUNDINGS AND GOES SOUNDER IMAGERY.
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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 3138 10238 3052 10232 3051 10288 3129 10300
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