ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES MSZ000-LAZ000- . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/14/08 2025Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: G12 2015Z CK . LOCATION...LOUISIANA...SW MISSISSIPPI . ATTN WFOS...JAN...LIX...LCH... ATTN RFCS...LMRFC... . EVENT...HVY TSTMS NE/N OF LFT..POTENTIAL FOR CELL MERGERS/TRAINING . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...LATEST IR AND VIS IMAGERY SHOW THREE CLUSTERS OF HVY TSTMS/TCU ACRS AREA FM ROUGHLY POE TO BTR TO SW MS. CONCERN OVER NEXT COUPLE OF HRS IS THAT THE TSTMS NR/E OF POE WILL MERGE WITH TSTMS INVOF/SW OF SW MS/LA BORDER. AT THE SAME TIME..VIS IMAGERY SHOWS INCRG TCU/LOW TOP TSTMS N AND NW OF ARA..WHICH ARE EXPANDING TWD THE NE. STLT IMAGERY ANIMATION SUGGESTS THAT THE AREA FM S AND SE OF ESF TO VCNTY OF/W OF BTR WILL BE VULNERABLE TO HVY RAIN FOR THE NEXT 2 OR 3 HRS..AS CELL TRAINING AND MERGERS OCCUR. AUTOMATED STLT ESTIMATES INDICATE OVER 2" HAS FALLEN OVER COUNTIES NW OF BTR/SE OF ESF OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HRS...WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS BTWN 2-3" LIKELY . SEE WEB ADDRESS BELOW IN APPX 10 MINUTES FOR GRAPHIC. . 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 3144 9101 3051 9110 3014 9211 3059 9252 3140 9169 . NNNN