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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/14/08 1606Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1545Z     CW
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LOCATION...SE TEXAS...
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ATTN WFOS...LCH...SHV...HGX...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...
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EVENT...CELLS MERGING
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...MULTIPLE INDIVIDUAL CONVECTIVE CELLS WITH
OVERSHOOTING TOPS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF MERGING ACROSS E WALKER..SAN
JACINTO..POLK COUNTIES IN SE TX. VIS IMAGERY SHOWS THESE CLUSTERS OF
CELLS COMING TOGETHER AND ALREADY COLDEST CLOUD TOP TEMPS ARE AT -70C
WITH ONGOING MERGER.  CONCERN IS FOR INCREASED RAIN RATES WITH MERGERS AND
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1.0-1.5" IN THE NEXT HR OVER SAN JACINTO AND POLK
COUNTIES.  SW EDGE OF CONVECTIVE LINE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE CELLS APPEARS
TO BE MOVING A BIT MORE PROGRESSIVE TO THE NE THAN EARLIER..POSSIBLY
BEING PUSHED BY SHORTWAVE MOVING NE ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL TX AT
THIS TIME IN WV IMAGERY.  THIS INCREASE IN STORM MOTION SHOULD HELP TO
LIMIT AMOUNT OF HVY RAIN TO BE BETWEEN 1.0-1.5" NEXT HR OR SO.
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PLEASE SEE WEB ADDRESS BELOW IN ABOUT 10 MINS FOR STLT GRAPHIC.
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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 3136 9467 3051 9447 3017 9577 3090 9592
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