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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/23/08 1702Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12: 1655Z			DS
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LOCATION...N/W KANSAS...NEBRASKA...
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ATTN WFOS...OAX...TOP...ICT...GID...LBF...DDC...GLD...UNR...
ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...
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EVENT...SOME CLOUD TOP WARMING AS STORMS PROGRESS INTO ERN NE BUT FOCUS
FOR AFTERNOON STORMS LOOKS TO BE WRN KS TO SW/W NE AND NW FROM THERE
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...HVY RAINFALL CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF
S CENTRAL NE BUT MOST OF THE STORM ACTIVITY HAS FOR NOW LIFTED OUT
OF N KS..THE EXCEPTION BEING THE CELLS NE OF GLD. ALSO MOST RECENT
VIS/IR SHOW SOME NEW DVLPG CELLS FROM ERN ROOKS COUNTY NNEWD ALONG THE
PHILLIPS/SMITH COUNTY BORDER CONNECTING INTO THE LINE OF STORMS SLOWLY
PUSHING NEWD THROUGH S NE. WITH PREVIOUS HVY RAINS ALREADY IN THESE
COUNTIES THIS MORNING..ADDTL RAINFALL WILL ONLY EXACERBATE ANY ONGOING
FF CONDITIONS. SRLY LOW LVL JET REMAINS FAIRLY FOCUSED INTO N CENTRAL
KS BEFORE VWPS INDICATE IT TURNS SHARPLY TO THE NW. THIS IS HELPING TO
KEEP THE HVY RAINS PINNED IN S CENTRAL/SW NE AS THE RICH MOISTURE..NOW AT
1.5-1.6� IN S CENTRAL KS PER GOES SOUNDER/GPS VALUES..STREAMS NWD TO
THE NE/KS BORDER AND THEN NW INTO THE HIGH PLAINS. MOST RECENT CIRA TPW
PERCENT OF NORMAL LOOP SHOWED THE ANOMALOUS MOISTURE POOLED OVER WRN KS
EARLIER THIS MORNING WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ONGOING HVY RAINS..AT
170-190 PERCENT OF NORMAL. SEE WEB ADDRESS FOR A GRAPHIC IN ABOUT 10 MIN.
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WV IMAGERY SHOWS ANOTHER..SMALLER S/WV IS BEGINNING TO TAKE SHAPE
ROUNDING THR TROF OVER W KS/OK PANHANDLE AS THE VORT LOBE OVER AZ IS
EJECTED OUT TO THE NE. GIVEN THE TRENDS OF THE PASSAGE OF THE EARLY
MORNING S/WV..WHEN CNVTN WAS PULLED BACK TO THE W BELIEVE IT WILL HAPPEN
AGAIN THIS AFTN. THETA-E AXIS HAS ALREADY TRENDED THAT WAY CROSSING NW
KS INTO EXTREME NE CO/SE WY AND GOES SOUNDER SHOWS INCREASING INSTABILTY
THERE. IF THINGS DVLP THIS WAY IT WOULD SET UP AN AXIS OF HVY RAINFALL
CENTERED MORE OVER NW KS/WRN NE. VIS/IR IMAGERY CONTINUES TO SHOW SWD
DVLPMT OF LINE OF CELLS ACROSS HITCHCOCK/RAWLINS/THOMAS AND INTO LOGAN
COUNTY NE OF GLD WHICH MAY BE A FOCUS FOR ADDTL STORMS IN THE NEXT FEW
HRS. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION.

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 4236 10151 4225 9772 3864 9752 3878 10153
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