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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 03/30/08 1310Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1302Z GG
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LOCATION...NW LOUISIANA...NE TEXAS...
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ATTN WFOS...SHV...
ATTN RFCS...LMRFC...WGRFC...
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EVENT...RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...EXTREMELY RAPID DEEPENING/COOLING SEEN
WITH COMPLEX OVER NE TX IN RESPONSE TO MULTIPLE FACTORS CONSISTENT FOR
HVY RAINFALL PRODUCTION IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD.  GOES IR/WV SHOWED THE
SUBTROPICAL VORT SLOWLY PROGRESS ACROSS TX THIS MORNING BUT BECOME LESS
PRONOUNCED IN WV SIGNATURE.  STILL THE VORT IS STILL THERE AND HAS ACTED
AS A FOCUS FOR DEVELOPMENT BUT ALSO HAS SLOWED THE EASTWARD PROGRESSION
OF CELLS.  ADDITIONALLY CELLS THAT DEVELOPED FURTHER SW REACHED THE MAIN
LINE OVER SMITH COUNTY AROUND 1100Z MERGED AND AIDED IN FURTHER COOLING
OF THE TOPS.  MOISTURE HAS BEEN VERY IMPRESSIVE WITH PWS OF 1.5-1.7 PER
GPS/GOES SOUNDER WITH GOOD 30KT INFLOW SEEN IN THE LOW LEVELS PER VWP
AND PROFILER NETWORK.  WITH THE VORT MAX PROGRESSING ACROSS...THE 850
FLOW HAS ALSO SHOWS GOOD CONVERGENCE WITH SSELY FLOW SEEN PER IR TRACERS
ACROSS LA AND SE TX MERGING WITH SSW AND SWLY FLOW BEHIND THE VORT.

RECENT IR/VIS SHOWS VERY COLD AND REMARKABLY LARGE OVERSHOOTING TOWERS
OVER SW HARRISON AND S SHELBY COUNTIES...RATES HERE WILL BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING 1-2" TOTALS IN A VERY SHORT DURATION...WHILE THE ENTIRE
COMPLEX FROM HOPKINS TO SABINE COUNTIES WILL HAVE 1-2" TOTALS THROUGH
THE ENTIRE EVENT DUE TO THE SLOWER PROGRESSION EASTWARD THAN CONVECTION
NORTHWARD IN AR/MO.
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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 3331 9440 3147 9300 3119 9425 3287 9549
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