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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 03/18/08 1115Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1100Z KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...S MISSOURI...NW ARKANSAS...C TEXAS...OKLAHOMA...
LOCATION...EXT SE KANSAS...
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ATTN WFOS...PAH...LSX...LZK...SGF...TSA...FWD...OUN...SJT...
ATTN RFCS...LMRFC...NCRFC...MBRFC...ABRFC...WGRFC...
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EVENT...TX STORMS EJECTING INTO OKLAHOMA...NE OK IMPULSE NOW MOVING
ACROSS NW AR/SW MO...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...AS PER SATELLITE WINDS...UPPER LOW JUST
SW OF THE BIG BEND DRIFTING EAST AND HELPING TO EJECT IMPULSE OUT OF
THE BIG BEND.  THIS CONVECTIVE COMPLEX LIFTING NNE THRU NW...CENTRAL
AND N CENTRAL TEXAS WILL IMPACT OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING...CONCENTRATING
HEAVIEST RAIN IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AS PW MOISTURE POOLING ACROSS THE AREA.
WHOLE AREA WILL IMPACT NE OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING AND FOLLOWING ALONG
BOUNDARY LEFT BY COOL TOP CONVECTIVE DRIFTING EAST ACROSS
NE AR AND SW MO.  FOCUS OF ADDITIONAL HVY RAIN WILL BE FROM SEQUOYAH...
MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH NORTHWARD.  ALL THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY
LIFT NEWD INTO S MO GIVING ADDITIONAL HVY RAIN THERE AND CONTINUING FF
POTENTIAL MOST OF THE DAY.  TWO MOISTURE PLUMES IN WESTERN GULF AND
E TX WERE CONSOLIDATING AND MOISTURE TRANSPORT CONTINUES TO CONVERGE OVER
NE OK...NW TO N CENTRAL AR AND S MO AND WILL CONTINUE TO ADD TO THAT
HEIGHTEN FF POTENTIAL.  SLOW FILTERING OF DRY AIR ACROSS NEBRASKA...IA
WILL BE FILTERING SOUTH ACROSS N MO AND ALLOW CONCENTRATION OF MOISTURE
TO BE EVEN MORE FOCUSED LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON ACROSS NE OK
THRU S MO/FAR N AR FOR ADDITIONAL FOCUS OF HVY RAIN ALONG BOUNDARY.
SPILLOVER EFFECTS CAN EFFECT S ILLINOIS AND EVENTUALLY AREAS EAST INTO
SW INDIANA....NW KY AS THE DAY WEARS ON...THUS HEIGHTENING FF THREATS
THERE AS WELL.
WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR...
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SATELLITE GRAPHIC ANALYSIS ON HOME PAGE AT 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 3771 8978 3701 8952 3605 9380 3170 9896 3283 9910 3710
9458
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