ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES TXZ000-NMZ000- . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/29/08 0025Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0015Z CW . LOCATION...SW TEXAS...SE NEW MEXICO... . ATTN WFOS...MAF...ABQ...EPZ... ATTN RFCS...WGRFC... . EVENT...HVY RAINS FROM SLOW MOVING CELL AND SOON TO BE CELL MERGERS . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...OVER THE LAST HR A STRONG TSTMS HAS BEEN SLOWLY MOVING ENEWD ACROSS CULBERSON COUNTY/TX AND EDDY COUNTY/NM. 1-HR HYDROESTIMATOR ENDING 0Z SUGGESTS 1.2" OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTY AND NORTH-CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTY. HVY RAINFALL APPEARS LIKE IT WILL CONTINUE AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT 1-2 HRS AS A MERGE BETWEEN THIS CELL AND ONE MOVING EWD OUT OF HUDSPETH COUNTY/TX INTO CULBERSON COUNTY. RAIN RATES MAY EVEN INCREASE FURTHER FROM WHERE THEY ARE NOW TO UP TO 1.5"/HR DURING THIS MERGE. . PLEASE SEE WEB ADDRESS BELOW FOR STLT EST GRAPHIC IN ABOUT 5 MINS. . 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 3288 10401 3152 10315 3049 10461 3215 10571 . NNNN