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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 03/18/08 0310Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0300Z KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...S MISSOURI...ARKANSAS...E OKLAHOMA...
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ATTN WFOS...PAH...MEG...LSX...LZK...SGF...TSA...
ATTN RFCS...LMRFC...NCRFC...MBRFC...ABRFC...
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EVENT...TRAINING CELLS ALONG SW TO NE ORIENTED CONVECTIVE AREAS...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...CONVECTIVE BOUNDARIES ORIENTED WITH
UPPER FLOW AND ALLOWING TRAINING CELLS TO SET UP SW TO S CENTRAL MO...
W CENTRAL TO N CENTRAL AR...SE AND E CENTRAL OK.  BEST MOISTURE TRANSPORT
FEEDING THESE STORMS FROM E/SE TX INTO E OK...W AND C AR ON INTO SW TO
C MO.  WITH ONLY A SLOW DRIFT NORTH AND NE TO CONVECTIVE BOUNDARIES...CAN
EXPECT TRAINING CELLS IN ISOLATED PLACES TO GIVE 1-2 INCHES PER 2-4
HOURS RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FF.  COLDEST TOPS FROM SW TO S CENTRAL
MO AND THIS WILL SPREAD EAST TO AREAS JUST SOUTH OF STL OVERNIGHT.
LATER TONIGHT...CONCERN WILL GROW FOR CENTRAL IL.
PROBLEM FOR E OK IS ADDITIONAL CONVECTION BACK IN NW TEXAS THAT WILL HAVE
TO COME OVER E OK LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING AS UPPER LOW ONLY NOW
COMING INTO EXT SW TEXAS AND JET AXIS STILL BACK ACROSS W TX AND W OK.
WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR...
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HYDROESTIMATOR SATELLITE RAINFALL ESTIMATES SHOWING MAX AMOUNTS OF 1.5"-
2.0" FROM MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SE OK TO JOHNSON COUNTY IN W ARKANSAS AND
1.2" IN BARRY COUNTY, SW MO FOR THE PERIOD 2345Z TO 0245Z.
ESTIMATE GRAPHIC ON HOME PAGE AT ADDRESS BELOW.
WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR...
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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 3790 9096 3723 9020 3483 9229 3485 9581 3711 9388
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