ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES MSZ000-LAZ000-ARZ000-TXZ000- . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 02/22/08 0035Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0015Z LIDDICK . LOCATION...MISSISSIPPI...LOUISIANA...ARKANSAS . ATTN WFOS...JAN...LIX...LCH...SHV... ATTN RFCS...LMRFC...WGRFC... . EVENT...CONVECTION MOVING ONTO NE LA/WRN MS . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...IMAGERY SHOWING CONVECTION DEVELOPING OVER SRN LA/ERN TX OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS AND IS NOW SITUATED FROM KJAS IN ERN TX INTO WRN/SW MS. IMAGERY SUGGESTING CELLS HAVE NOT BEEN TRAINING TOO MUCH AND HAVE BEEN KEEPING A DECENT SPEED...HOWEVER MERGERS COULD BE SEEN IN VISIBLE IMAGERY ESPECIALLY THE LATER IMAGES AS CONVECTION HAS INCREASED IN COVERAGE. ESTIMATES SUGGESTING CNTRL LA/ERN TX HAVE NOT SEEN MUCH MORE THAN 1.0" MOST PLACES OVER THE PAST 2-3 HOURS...HOWEVER CONVECTION HAS MOVED INTO AREAS IN NE LA/ERN MS THAT SAW HEAVIER RAINS EARLIER. WITH COLDEST TOPS OVER CNTRL LA OF -57C TO -60C AND THE EL AT -52C WITH 1.5" PW..PER 0Z KLCH RAOB...ESTIMATING THAT AREAS IN CNTRL LA INTO WRN MS COULD SEE 1.0"-2.0" OVER THE NEXT 2-3 HOURS WITH HEAVIEST RATES OF 1.0"/HR AT TIMES WITH ANY MERGERS OR TRAINING CELLS. . 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 3341 9044 3176 8948 3024 9336 3150 9507 . NNNN