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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/23/08 2255Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 2245Z     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...TRAINING OF S-N MOVING TSTMS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...OVER THE PAST 2 HRS THE SITUATION HAS
NOT IMPROVED..AS HVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL FROM A S-N LINE OF TSTMS
MOVING ALMOST DUE N FROM SEWARD AND MEADE COUNTIES IN SW KS NWD INTO
HAYES/FRONTIER COUNTIES SW NE.  ONGOING EXPANSION OF COLD CLOUD TOPS
(-62C TO -67C) ACROSS THIS AREA IS SEEN IN IR IMAGERY ALONG WITH EMBEDDED
CELLS HAVING OVERSHOOTING TOPS IN VIS.
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1-HR HYDROESTIMATOR INDICATES MAX RAINFALL OF 1.1" HAS FALLEN OVER N
GOVE/S SHERIDAN COUNTIES IN W KS..WHERE ONLY A 2 HRS EARLIER MERGING OF
MULTIPLE CELLS OCCURRED.  THE NOSE OF THE LLVL MOISTURE PLUME EXTENDS INTO
EAST AND CENTRAL KS AND NE WITH PW VALUES AROUND 1.5" PER GOES SOUNDER.
ESE LLVL JET OF 30-40 KTS IS HELPING TO TRANSPORT THIS MOISTURE INTO
THE DISCUSSION AREA..AIDING IN THIS HVY RAINFALL EVENT.
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CURRENT THINKING IS AS THE MID-LVL S/WV CONTINUES TO LIFT NWD ACROSS
CO/W KS OVER THE NEXT FEW HRS THE AXIS OF HVY RAIN WILL BEGIN TO LIFT
SLIGHTLY NORTH AND EAST FROM ITS CURRENT POSITION ALONG THE CENTRAL
NE/CENTRAL KS BORDER.  HOWEVER..UNTIL THIS HAPPENS THE MORE IMMEDIATE
CONCERN IS FOR TRAINING OF CELLS ACROSS THE DISCUSSION AREA MENTIONED
IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH (W KS/SW NE).  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1-3" IS
POSSIBLE WITH RAINFALL RATES FROM SOME CELLS OR MERGERS OF TWO OR MORE
CELLS REACHING UPWARDS OF 1.0-2.0"/HR.
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PLEASE SEE BELOW WEB ADDRESS FOR STLT EST GRAPHIC IN ABOUT 10 MINS.
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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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