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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 03/03/08 0702Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 0630Z   LIDDICK
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LOCATION...TEXAS...SRN OKLAHOMA
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ATTN WFOS...FWD...OUN...EWX...SJT...MAF...
ATTN RFCS...LMRFC...ABRFC...WGRFC...
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EVENT...HEAVY RAINS WITH DRY LINE OVER CNTRL/NRN TX
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...GOES-11 IMAGERY SHOWING DECENT LOOKING
WEDGE SHAPE OVER NR TX WITH TIP INVOF PARKER/PAL PINTO/STEPHENS COUNTIES.
OVERSHOOTING TOPS OF -70C AND A MERGER SEEN OVER STEPHENS/PAL PINTO
COUNTIES SEEN IN BETWEEN 530Z AND 630Z IMAGE OVER ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES
COULD HAVE PRODUCED 2.0" IN SOME LOCATIONS GIVEN 6Z RUC SHOWING AROUND
1.0" PW AND EL AROUND -60C IN THAT TIME PERIOD.  EXPECTING RATES TO
CONTINUE TO BE 1.0"-2.0"/HR WITH THIS CONVECTION AS IT CONTINUES TO PUSH
EWD THROUGH NRN TX/SRN OK.

CONVECTION OVER SW CNTRL TX...IMAGERY SHOWED RAPID CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT
BTWN 500Z AND 600Z OVER WRN CROCKETT COUNTY TO NOLAN COUNTY IN W
CNTRL TX AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE.  GIVEN RAPID COOLING TO -65C THROUGH
600Z..ESTIMATING THAT SOME AREAS SAW APPROX 1.5" IN A 30-60 MIN TIME
PERIOD.  630Z IMAGE SHOWS THAT CONVECTION HAS BEGIN TO MOVE TO THE E
A BIT WITH NO FURTHER CLOUD TOP COOLING SO THINKING THE LINE SHOULD
CONTINUE TO SLOWLY WEAKEN AS IT MOVES AWAY FROM THE BEST SFC/DEEP LAYER
CONVERGENCE PRODUCING .5"-1.0"/HR RATES OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
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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 3377 9769 3358 9554 3209 9764 3017 10123 3103 10260
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