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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 03/03/08 0900Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0845Z   LIDDICK
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LOCATION...ARKANSAS...TEXAS...OKLAHOMA...
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ATTN WFOS...LZK...SHV...TSA...FWD...OUN...
ATTN RFCS...LMRFC...ABRFC...
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EVENT...REMAINING COLD/OVERSHOOTING TOPS OVER WRN AR/ERN OK
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...SATELLITE ESTIMATES YIELDING PAST 3 HOUR
TOTALS BETWEEN 1.0"-2.0" OVER MUCH OF ERN OK/WRN AR WITH SOME AREAS
MAINLY INVOF SEQUOYAH/LE FLORE/CRAWFORD COUNTIES HAVE SEEN 2.0"-2.75"
SINCE 0600Z AS COLDEST TOPS REMAINING OVER THAT AREA ALONG WITH MERGERS
THAT WERE SEEN SHORTLY AFTER THE GOES-12 ECLIPSE PERIOD.  GENERAL WARMING
HAS BEEN SIGNALING WEAKENING OF WIDESPREAD RAINFALL ACROSS OK/AR/NRN
TX...HOWEVER BAND OF COLDER TOPS REMAIN OVER COUNTIES MENTIONED ABOVE
AND COULD CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS OF 1.0"-1.5"/HR AT TIMES GIVEN
PW VALUES AROUND 1.0" PER GOES SOUNDER AND THE SATURATED ATMOSPHERE.

WHILE BULK OF CONVECTION HAS BEEN STEADILY WEAKENING....MODERATE
BAROCLINIC WAVE FEATURE SEEN EMERGING FROM THE CONVECTION IN CNTRL TX
ASSOCIATED WITH L EXIT REGION OF 90 KT JET...PER GOES DERIVED WINDS...THAT
SWUNG AROUND UPPR LOW OVER NM HAS LED TO COOLING OF TOPS BEHIND THE FRONT
OVER CNTRL NRN TX.  WHILE RATES SHOULD NOT REACH THE INTENSITY AS SEEN
WITH EARLIER CONVECTION...SOME AREAS COULD SEE RATES ANOTHER 1.0"-2.0"
OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS THIS WAVE TRANSLATES NEWD INTO SRN/ERN OK
AND WRN AR
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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 3646 9590 3592 9248 3321 9502 3405 9766
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