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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/23/08 2150Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 2140Z    CW
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LOCATION...W KANSAS...SW NEBRASKA...
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ATTN WFOS...GID...LBF...DDC...GLD...
ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...ABRFC...
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EVENT...HVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH CELL TRAINING AND MERGERS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...CONVECTION HAS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP AND
REDEVLOP ALONG THE SW EDGE OF A S-N SFC BOUNDARY ACROSS W KS THE PAST
FEW HRS.  MULTIPLE OVERSHOOTING TOPS INDICATING STRONG EMBEDDED CELLS
WITHIN THIS LINEAR-ORIENTED CLUSTER OF TSTMS ARE SEEN IN VIS ALONG WITH
COLDEST CLOUD TOP TEMPS AROUND -65C.  MOST INTENSE CELLS APPEAR TO BE
LOCATED OVER GOVE AND SHERIDAN COUNTIES IN W KS.  ADDITIONAL CELLS
ARE SEEN LIFTING NWD AND ARE APPROACHING THE STRONG CELL OVER THESE
TWO COUNTIES.  IT IS EXPECTED THAT WITHIN THE NEXT 15-30 MINS CELL
MERGING WILL OCCUR INVOF GOVE/SHERIDAN/GRAHAM COUNTIES RESULTING IN
INCREASING  RAIN RATES. MANUAL STLT ESTIMATES SUGGEST RAINFALL RATES UP
TO 1.5-2.0"/HR IS VERY LIKELY WITH CELL MERGERS OVER THE ABOVE MENTION
COUNTIES.  ADDITIONAL HVY RAINFALL WITH CELLS MOVING NWD ACROSS SW KS
INTO W-CENTRAL KS IS EXPECTED OVER NEXT SEVERAL HRS WHICH MAY ALSO LEAD
TO TRAINING OF CELLS OVER THESE SAME ARES NOW EXPERIENCING HVY RAINFALL.
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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 4071 9962 3721 9967 3737 10131 4064 10129
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