ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES ILZ000-MOZ000- . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/26/08 0206Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: G12 0155Z CK . LOCATION...E CENTRAL MISSOURI..ILLINOIS . ATTN WFOS...LSX... ATTN RFCS...NCRFC...MBRFC... . EVENT...CELL MERGERS BTWN COU TO N OF ALN . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...UPDATE TO EARLIER SPENES...IN THE PAST HR..IR IMAGERY SHOWS NUMEROUS CELL MERGERS AND OVERSHOOTING TOPS OVER A NUMBER OF COUNTIES BTWN COU/MO TO N OF ALN/IL. MANUAL STLT ESTIMATES INDICATE 1-1.5" OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HR OVER PARTS OF THE AREA ENCOMPASSING MONTGOMERY TO LINCOLN/ST CHARLES COUNTIES IN MO AND JERSEY AND MACOUPIN COUNTIES IN IL. OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HRS..ADDITIONAL MERGERS ARE LIKELY..ESP OVER THE MO COUNTIES..WITH ADDITIONAL TOTALS OF 2-3". . SEE NCEP HPC DISCUSSION AND QPF/S FOR FORECAST. ....NESDIS IS A MEMBER OF 12 PLANET.... . SSD/SAB WEB ADDRESS FOR PRECIP ESTIMATES: HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/PCPN/ ...ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT /PS/PCPN/ . LAT...LON 3938 8967 3888 8978 3867 9227 3913 9237 . NNNN