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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 04/23/08 0108Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0102Z     CW
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LOCATION...W ARKANSAS...E OKLAHOMA...
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ATTN WFOS...LZK...SHV...TSA...OUN...
ATTN RFCS...LMRFC...ABRFC...
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EVENT...CONTINUED HVY RAINS WITH POTENTIAL OF CONTINUED
BACK-BUILDING/SOUTHWARD DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...CLUSTER OF TSTMS STRETCHING FROM CENTRAL
EASTERN OK NEWD INTO NW AR HAS REMAINED NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE
PAST SEVERAL HRS.  LAST FEW VIS IMAGERY OF THE DAY SHOWED MULTIPLE
INDIVIDUAL STRONG CELLS EMBEDDED WITHIN THIS LINE OF STORMS BASED
UPON OVERSHOOTING TOPS..SOME AS A RESULT OF CELL MERGERS.  IR IMAGERY
SUGGESTS WEAKENING ALONG THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF THE LINE AS CLOUD TOP
TEMPS ARE WARMING..HOWEVER BACK-BUILDING ALONG THE SW EDGE OF THE LINE
HAS CONTINUED INTO THE EARLY EVENING HRS.  RIGHT NOW FURTHER SW EXTENT
OF THE LINE IS POSITIONED OVER LATIMER..HASKELL..LE FLORE COUNTIES IN OK.
SLIGHTLY TO THE EAST OF THESE COUNTIES ACROSS THE BORDER INTO AR HVY RAIN
CONTINUES TO FALL OVER SCOTT..LOGAN..SEBASTIAN COUNTIES AS THE SOUTHERN
FLANK OF THE LINE REMAINS STRONG.  HYDROESTIMATOR 3-HR AMOUNTS ENDING
AT 0030Z SHOWS 2.4" MAXIMUM OVER SEBASTIAN AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN AR
AND SECONDARY MAX OVER HASKELL COUNTY OK OF 1.6".

LINE OF CONVECTION IS FOUND TO BE ALONG MAX SFC DEW POINT AXIS (63-65F)
AND SFC MOISTURE CONVERGENCE OVER E OK. PROFILER DATA AS OF 00Z INDICATES
850MB WINDS HAVE CONTINUED TO BE OUT OF THE SE ALLOWING FOR WEAK/MOD
MOISTURE TRANSPORT INTO THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THE LINE.  LINE IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO WEAKEN FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ALONG THE LINE OVER
THE NEXT FEW HRS BUT BEFORE IT IS OVER 1-2" OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY
FALL ACROSS THE COUNTIES MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS PARAGRAPH.
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PLEASE SEE BELOW WEB ADDRESS FOR STLT GRAPHIC IN ABOUT 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 3640 9398 3614 9268 3427 9480 3503 9609
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