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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 03/17/08 1328Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1315Z   CW
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LOCATION...C OKLAHOMA...
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ATTN WFOS...TSA...OUN...
ATTN RFCS...ABRFC...
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EVENT...TRAINING AND CELL MERGERS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...AUTOMATED STLT 3-HR
ESTIMATES ENDING AT 1300Z INDICATES A LINEAR N-S ORIENTED
SWATH OF 2.4+" OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER THE FOLLOWING C OK
COUNTIES..BLAINE..MAJOR..GARFIELD.GRANT. LATEST GOES IR IMAGERY SHOWS THAT
THE LINE OF CONVECTION THAT HAS BEEN MOVING NNEWD ACROSS THE DISCUSSION
AREA IS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP NEW CELLS ALONG ITS SW BACKEDGE..ALONG THE
TX/OK BORDER INVOF TILLMAN..COTTON IN OK..WILBARGER..WICHITA IN TX.
ADDITIONAL CELL MERGERS ARE LIKELY ALONG THIS CONVECTIVE LINE AND
MAY PROVIDE BRIEF BURSTS IN RAINFALL INTENSITY LOCALLY.  HVY RAIN IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL OK FOR THE NEXT 1-2 HRS.  WILL CONTINUE
TO MONITOR..
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SEE HYDROESTIMATOR GRAPHIC AT THE BELOW WEB ADDRESS IN 10 MINS.
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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 3696 9807 3695 9662 3415 9804 3445 9924
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