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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 03/15/08 1822Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1815Z   CW
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LOCATION...GEORGIA...
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ATTN WFOS...FFC...
ATTN RFCS...SERFC...
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EVENT...HVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH CELL TRAINING AND MERGERS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...LATEST IR ANIMATION SHOWS A CLUSTER
OF TSTMS BECOMING MORE LINEAR IN THEIR ORIENTATION AS THEY PROGRESS
EWD ACROSS NORTHERN GA.  OVER THE PAST HOUR OR SO THE MOTION OF THESE
CELLS HAVE BECOME MORE EWD AND HAVE BEGUN TO TRAIN OVER THE COUNTIES
OF...BARTOW...CHEROKEE..FORSYTH..DAWSON..HALL.  THE LEADING EDGE OF
THESE CELLS AS OF 1815Z IS INVOF BANKS..HABERSHA..STEPHENS COUNTIES
AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING EWD AS THEY CROSS NORTHERN GA.
STLT DERIVED LOW-LEVEL WINDS INDICATE A 25-30KT SSE LLJ STRETCHING FROM
SW GA INTO CENTRAL AND N GA ALLOWING THESE STORMS TO WORK WITH MOSITURE
FROM THE GULF WHERE PW VALUES ARE NEAR 1.0" PER GOES.
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ALONG THE BACK EDGE OF THIS LINE OF STORMS A NEWLY-DEVELOPED CELL IS
MOVING QUICKLY TOWARD AND IS EXPECTED TO MERGE WITH THE LINE AND WILL
PROVIDE INCREASED RAIN RATES INVOF CHEROKEE COUNTY.  MAX RAINFALL AMOUNTS
FOR THE DISCUSSION AREA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 1.0-2.0".
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SEE WEB ADDRESS BELOW FOR GRAPHIC ABOUT 10 MINS.

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 3462 8324 3428 8286 3380 8526 3419 8533
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