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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 03/18/08 0813Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0800Z KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...S ILLINOIS...S MISSOURI...NW ARKANSAS...E OKLAHOMA...
LOCATION...EXT SE KANSAS...
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ATTN WFOS...PAH...ILX...LSX...LZK...SGF...TSA...
ATTN RFCS...OHRFC...LMRFC...NCRFC...MBRFC...ABRFC...
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EVENT...IMPULSE EJECTING OUT OF C OKLAHOMA...HVY RAIN AND FF POTENTIAL
CONTINUING TO THE NORTHEAST...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...UPPER LEVEL LOW HAS CONTINUED TO REFORM
SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE BIG BEND OF TEXAS AND JET AXIS HAS CREEPED EAST TO
NW TEXAS TO IOWA.  IMPULSES EJECTING OUT OF MAIN TROUGH WITH ONE LIFTING
NE OUT OF THE NORTH BIG BEND AREA.   WANT TO FOCUS THIS MESSAGE ON NEXT
IMPULSE DOWNSTREAM LIFTING NE THRU C TO INTERIOR E OK.  THIS LATCHING
ONTO DEEP MOISTURE STREAM E TX TO E OK AND LIFTING CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY NE
THRU E CENTRAL TO NE OK.   BEST TRAINING FOR ADDITIONAL HVY RAIN CENTERED
OKMULGEE/WAGONER TO DELAWARE/OTTAWA COUNTY AND WILL CONTINUE FF THREAT
THERE HIGH NEXT FEW HRS.  ADDITIONAL MOISTURE TRANSPORT STREAM LA INTO S
MO AND WITH IMPULSE EJECTING OUT OF OKLAHOMA...AREA FROM NW AR THRU S MO
TO CONTINUE HVY RAIN AND FF THREAT NEXT 3HRS WITH RAIN RATES OF 1-2 INCHES
PER 1-3HRS.   BOUNDARY FOCUS EXTENDING AND ESTABLISHING ACROSS S ILLINOIS
COUNTIES AND CONCERN THESE AREAS COULD GET ENOUGH RAIN FOR HEIGHTEN FF
THREAT IN THE 09-12Z TIME PERIOD .   WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR...
GRAPHICAL SATELLITE ANALYSIS WILL BE ON HOME PAGE IN 10-15 MINUTES AT
HOME PAGE ADDRESS BELOW...
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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 3882 8793 3806 8802 3733 8934 3644 9341 3510 9576 3676
9527 3827 9054
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