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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 10/19/07 0940Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G12  0930Z  CK
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LOCATION...SE LOUISIANA...
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ATTN WFOS...LIX...
ATTN RFCS...LMRFC...
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EVENT...INTENSIFYING TSTMS OVER PLAQUEMINES PARISH..VERY HVY RAINFALL
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...CONVECTIVE CLOUD TOPS HAVE REACHED THEIR
COLDEST LEVELS THUS FAR OVER PLAQUEMINES PARISH..AS SW-NE BAND OF TSTMS
CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY. MANUAL STLT EST INDICATE THAT RAINFALL RATES
HAVE INCRD..WITH EST OF 1"OR MORE OVER THE PAST HALF HR. STLT TRENDS
SUGGEST ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 2-3" OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HRS AS CELLS
OFFSHORE TRAIN NEWD OVER PLAQUEMINES PARISH AND MERGE.
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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 2977 8919 2917 8877 2880 8951 2898 9002
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