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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/07/08 0153Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0115Z     CW
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LOCATION...NW TEXAS...SW OKLAHOMA...
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ATTN WFOS...OUN...LUB...
ATTN RFCS...ABRFC...WGRFC...
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EVENT...VERY HVY RAIN WITH CONVECTIVE CELL
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...CURRENTLY A STRONG CELL INVOF OF KING
COUNTY IN NW TX HAS SHOWN THAT IT IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HVY
RAINFALL BETWEEN 1-3" BASED ON STATION REPORTS FROM THE W TX MESONET AS
OF 0135Z (SPUR STATION IN DICKENS COUNTY SHOWED 2.27").  IR IMAGERY SHOWS
THIS CELL MAY BE POSSIBLY WEAKENING SLIGHTLY AS AREA OF COLDEST CLOUD TOP
TEMPS OF -63C HAS WARMED TO -60C.  HOWEVER THIS IS ONLY A SLIGHT DECREASE
IN CLOUD TOP TEMPS AND HVY RAINFALL SHOULD BE EXPECTED FOR THOSE IN ITS
IMMEDIATE PATH.  THIS CELL IS ON A NEWD TRAJECTORY AND SHOULD MOVE ACROSS
COTTLE..FOARD..HARDEMAN..WILBARGER COUNTIES IN NW TX AND THEN CROSS THE
BORDER INTO SW OK INVOF OF JACKSON AND TILLMAN COUNTIES.  AS THIS CELL
HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HVY RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND ONLY
SLIGHT WEAKENING HAS BEEN SHOWN FROM LATEST IMAGERY..RAINFALL AMOUNTS
BETWEEN 1.5-2.5" ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT HR.
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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 3524 9943 3408 9792 3334 10051 3370 10103
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