ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 09/09/07 2222Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: G12 2215Z CK . LOCATION...NW TO N CENTRAL TEXAS... . ATTN WFOS...FWD...OUN...SJT... ATTN RFCS...ABRFC...WGRFC... . EVENT...CONVECTIVE CLUSTERS CONTINUE TO INCR..MCS FORMATION LIKELY . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...CONVECTIVE CLUSTERS MENTIONED IN EARLIER SPENES HAVE CONTINUED TO INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE EWD AND ARE NOW BEGINNING TO CONSOLIDATE/MERGE OVER NW TX..ESP SW OF SPS. IN THE PAST HALF HR/HR..CELL MERGERS HAVE OCCURRED NR SPS AND OVER THE COUNTIES OF BAYLOR/THROCKMORTON/ARCHER. AS THE CNVTN CONTINUES TO MOVE TWD THE E AND SE...ADDITIONAL MERGERS WILL OCCUR LEADING TO FURTHER CONSOLIDATION /MCS FORMATION. OF ADDITIONAL CONCERN IS THAT THE EVOLVING COMPLEX WILL MERGE WITH TSTMS TO THE SE/E CURRENTLY OVER JACK AND PARKER COUNTIES. MANUAL STLT ESTIMATES SUGGEST THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1-3"/HR..WITH 3"PLUS PSBL IN A HR WITH SOME OF THE MORE INTENSE MERGERS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HRS. . 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 3414 9922 3300 9712 3240 9794 3297 9987 . NNNN