ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES TNZ000-KYZ000-INZ000-ILZ000-MOZ000-ARZ000- . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 03/19/08 0957Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0945Z KUSSELSON . LOCATION...W TENNESSEE...W KENTUCKY...SW INDIANA...S ILLINOIS... LOCATION...S CENTRAL TO SE MISSOURI...N ARKANSAS... . ATTN WFOS...PAH...ILX...MEG...LSX...LZK...SGF...TSA... ATTN RFCS...OHRFC...LMRFC...NCRFC...MBRFC...ABRFC... . EVENT...UPPER LOW AND DEFORMATION ZONE FOR LINGERING SHOWERS...ISOLATED HVY SHOWERS... . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...CONVECTIVE FRONTAL BOUNDARY ALREADY PUSHING THRU S INDIANA...W KY...W TN...MS...E LA. BUT BEHIND STILL HAVE TO CONTEND WITH WRAP AROUND SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE...UPPER LOW LIFTING INTO SE OK AND SHORT WAVES AND DEFORMATION FOR LIFT CENTERED ACROSS E CENTRAL OK/NW AR INTO S CENTRAL MO. THIS WILL ADD SOME TO ALREADY SATURATED SOIL...BUT COMPARED TO PREVIOUS 24HR RAINFALL...JUST SOME STEADY RAIN FOR A TIME AND ISOLATED HVY. BACK EDGE OF THESE HEAVIER SHOWERS WITH DEFOMRATION AND SHORT WAVES ALREADY BEGINNING TO MOVE OUT OF E CENTRAL OK...SO BELIEVE ENDING OF FF THREAT THERE FINE. WILL TAKE A LITTLE LONGER FOR W CENTRAL TO N CENTRAL AR...BUT BELIEVE MID MORNING FOR THIS ISOLATED HVY SHOULD FINISH THE EVENT FOR THAT AREA AS WELL. DEFORMATION AND SHORT WAVES TO ACT ON FF AREAS OF SE MO/NE AR INTO S ILLINOIS/FAR WESTERN KY THIS MORNING WITH MOIST BOUNDARY SHIFTING EAST FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA MORNING THRU MIDDAY. RIGHT NOW BEST MOISTURE TRANSPORT FROM CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO NORTHEAST THRU C TN AND C KY AND WRAP BACK AROUND TO S IL...FAR WESTERN KY INTO SE MO AND NE AR FOR UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT AND DEFORMATION TO ACT ON FOR THE FINALE OF THIS EVENT FOR THE MID MS/S MISSOURI VALLEY. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR...SEE SATELLITE ANALYSIS GRAPHIC ON HOME PAGE AT ADDRESS BELOW... . SEE NCEP HPC DISCUSSION AND QPF/S FOR FORECAST. ....NESDIS IS A MEMBER OF 12 PLANET.... . SSD/SAB WEB ADDRESS FOR PRECIP ESTIMATES: HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/PCPN/ ...ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT /PS/PCPN/ . LAT...LON 3860 8773 3657 8885 3529 9403 3617 9385 3761 9125 . NNNN