ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES IAZ000-NEZ000-SDZ000- . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/29/08 2248Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 2240Z CW . LOCATION...NW IOWA...NE NEBRASKA...SE SOUTH DAKOTA... . ATTN WFOS...FSD...OAX...LBF... ATTN RFCS...MBRFC... . EVENT...MOD/HVY RAINS APPROACHING FROM SW . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...STLT IMAGERY SHOWS THE CONVECTION ACROSS S-CENTRAL NE/N-CENTRAL KS CONTINUES TO MOVE ENEWD AT THIS HR. LOOKING DOWNSTREAM..ACROSS NORTHEASTERN NE/SE SD/NE IA..WHERE THE HVY RAIN IS FALLING FROM THESE CELLS IS INCREASINGLY BECOMING OF GREAT CONCERN. RAINS FROM THE PREVIOUS NIGHT HAS LEFT THE GROUND VERY SATURATED AND 0.50" AND HIGHER IN A 3-HR PERIOD MAY BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS. THIS AREA OF CONCERN INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES..HOLT/KNOX/ANTELOPE/PIERCE/WAYNE/THURSTON/DAKOTA/DIXON/CEDAR IN NE..YANKTON/CLAY/UNION COUNTIES IN SD..AND SIOUX/PLYMOUTH/WOODBURY COUNTIES IN IA. . WITHIN THE LAST HR A NEW CELL HAS DEVELOPED INVOF DUNNING COUNTY/NE AND IS MOVING NE TOWARDS HOLT COUNTY. MOD/HVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE IT INTO THE DISCUSSION AREA OVER THE NEXT 1-2 HRS. . 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 4317 9603 4176 9641 4237 9980 4295 9925 . NNNN