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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/26/08 0131Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G12  0115Z  CK
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LOCATION...TEXAS PANHANDLE
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ATTN WFOS...AMA...
ATTN RFCS...ABRFC...
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EVENT...VERY HVY RAINFALL NE OF AMA AS MCS INTENSIFIES
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...PER EARLIER SPENES..TSTMS HAVE CONTINUED
TO INTENSIFY OVER THE PANHANDLE. CONVECTION THAT WAS INVOF SE NM/TX BORDER
AREA EARLIER HAS RACED NEWD AND NOW MERGED WITH STMS OVER TX PANHANDLE. IN
THE PAST HR..MERGERS HAVE OCCURRED NE OF AMA..OVER CARSON AND HUTCHINSON
COUNTIES..WITH STLT ESTIMATES RANGING UP TO 1"PLUS IN A HALF HR.
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WOULD EXPECT INTENSITY OF MCS TO BE MAINTAINED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
HRS AS IT PROGRESSES EWD.
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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 3602 10042 3489 10131 3484 10228 3597 10203
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