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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/24/08 0412Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0400Z KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...NW OKLAHOMA...C KANSAS...C NEBRASKA...
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ATTN WFOS...OAX...TOP...ICT...OUN...GID...LBF...DDC...
ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...ABRFC...
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EVENT...GOOD MOISTURE TRANSPORT TX TO KS/NE...SATELLITE ESTIMATES 2-3
INCHES PER 3HRS...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...SATELLITE RAINFALL ESTIMATES THRU 0345Z
MAXING OUT IN N CENTRAL KS FROM ROOKS/OSBORNE TO SMITH.  CONVECTIVE/SEVERE
WEATHER BAND MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS CENTRAL KS...BUT PRECEDING THIS
CONVECTIVE BAND HAS BEEN HVY RAIN CELLS THAT CAN CONTRIBUTE TO FF AS WELL.
STRONG MOISTURE TRANSPORT TX INTO KS FUELING CONTINUED MOISTURE INFLOW
FOR HVY RAIN THAT FALLS BEING RESUPPLIED. FURTHER NORTH IN NEBRASKA...KS
CONVECTION DISTURBING THE HVY RAIN FOCUS AS MODERATE TO HVY RAIN SPREADS
OUT AMONG THE MORE DISORGANIZED CONVECTIVE BANDS...BUT INSTABILITY IN
THE FORM OF LOW LIS AND DIFFLUENCE ALONG WITH JET MAX JUST TO THE WEST
SHOULD CONTINUE TO FUEL HVY RAIN CENTRAL NEBRASKA SPREADING INTO E PART
OF THE STATE.   JUST THE FOCUS WILL BE SPREAD OUT MORE ACROSS NEBRASKA
AS OPPOSED TO KANSAS...SO FF AREAS LESS DEFINITIVE AND THIS SHOWS UP
IN MAX RAIN AMOUNT PER 3HRS LOWER IN NEBRASKA THAN KANSAS.  RIGHT NOW
EYEING N CENTRAL KS AS PRIME AREA THAT COULD SPILL INTO THE NEBRASKA
BORDER COUNTIES NEXT FEW HRS.  FURTHER SOUTH...CONVECTIVE BAND AND CELLS
MOVING PRETTY QUICKLY...SO ONLY EYEING URBAN TYPE FF THAT WILL EXTEND
SOUTH ACROSS NW OK NEXT FEW HRS.   SEE SATELLITE RAINFALL ESTIMATES ON
HOME PAGE AT ADDRESS BELOW...
WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR...
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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 4172 9793 3982 9678 3697 9975 3933 9915 4162 9949
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