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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 03/18/08 1747Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1740Z   CW
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LOCATION...W KENTUCKY...S ILLINOIS...S MISSOURI...N ARKANSAS...
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ATTN WFOS...PAH...MEG...LSX...LZK...SGF...TSA...
ATTN RFCS...OHRFC...LMRFC...NCRFC...MBRFC...ABRFC...
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EVENT...ADDITIONAL HVY RAINFALL EXPECTED WITH APPROACHING AREA OF
ENHANCED CONVECTION
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STRONG TSTMS CURRENTLY
LOCATED OVER NW AR/SW MO ARE ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ENE AND ONCE AGAIN
AFFECT SOME OF THE MORE HEAVILY IMPACTED AREAS WITH ADDITIONAL HVY
RAINFALL. IR IMAGERY SHOWS THIS AREA OF CONVECTION HAS CONTINUED TO
INTENSIFY IN RESPONSE TO ANOTHER MID LVL IMPULSE TRAVELING NEWD FROM W
OK THRU C KS PER LATEST WV LOOP.  STLT DERIVED WINDS SUGGEST POSSIBLE
JET COUPLET INVOF NE OK/SE KS/MO/W IL AS THE LEFT-EXIT REGION OF A
SOUTHERN JET STREAK OVER EASTERN TX/SE OK IS ALIGNED VERY CLOSELY TO
THE RIGHT-ENTRANCE REGION OF A NORTHERN JET STREAK POSITIONED OVER N
MO/E IA/N IL/WI..PROVIDING ADDITIONAL UVV OVER THE DISCUSSION AREA.
CONTINUED HIGH MOISTURE FLUX IS STILL EVIDENT PER STRONG LLJ AND PW
VALUES WELL OVER 1.0" PER GOES SOUNDER.
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VIS STLT IMAGERY INDICATES MULITPLE OVERSHOOTING TOPS WITHIN THE AREA OF
ENHANCED CONVECTION AND LIGHTNING DATA SHOWING FREQUENT ONGOING STRIKES.
3-HR RAINFALL ESTIMATES PER THE HYDROESTIMATOR ENDING AT 17Z..HAVE
AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 1.5-2.2"..WITH MAX 2.2" LOCATED OVER CRAWFORD AND
FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN NW AR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1.0-2.5"
SHOULD BE EXPECTED FOR PARTS OF SE MO AND INTO SW IL OVER THE NEXT FEW
HRS AS THESE STORMS MOVE THRU.
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SEE WEB ADDRESS FOR GRAPHICS IN 10-15 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 3852 8966 3713 8833 3576 9255 3688 9397
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