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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 03/03/08 1515Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 THRU 1415Z
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LOCATION...TEXAS...OKLAHOMA...LOUISIANA...ARKANSAS...
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ATTN WFOS...FWD...OUN...EWX...LZK...SHV...TSA...FWD...OUN...
ATTN RFCS...ABRFC...WGRFC...LMRFC...ABRFC...WGRFC...
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EVENT...HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NE TEXAS AND WESTERN AR
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...LATEST GOES WV ANIMATION CONTINUES TO SHOW
STRONG UPPER SYSTEM MOVING THRU NM AND INTO WESTERN TX.  ADDITIONALLY
THERE APPEARS TO BE AN EMBEDDED IMPULSE EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL OK SOUTH
TO CENTRAL TX.  ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS IMPULSE IS SOME STRONG COLD TOP
CONVECTION.  LATEST RAINFALL ESTIMATES HAVE RATES UPWARDS TO 1.5"/HR
OVER LITTLE RIVER COUNTY AR.  3 HOUR TOTALS HAVE BEEN IN THE 2" TO 3"
RANGE FROM TITUS COUNTY TX TO HOWARD COUNTY AR.

CURRENT IMAGERY SHOWS THAT CONVECTION OVER THIS AREA SLOWLY PUSHING
EASTWARD.  HOWEVER, NEWER CLUSTER HAS FORMED ANDERSON COUNTY TX AND
APPEARS TO MERGING WITH EXISTING LINE.  SATELLITE TREND IS FOR THIS
CLUSTER TO MOVE OVER ABOVE MENTIONED AREAS.
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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 3564 9812 3511 9738 3459 9705 3393 9670 3303 9658 3235
9657 3155 9672 3084 9692 3043 9713 3017 9731 3001 9741
3596 9810 3561 9195 3208 9399 3199 9861
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