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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 06/05/08 0317Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0245Z   LIDDICK
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LOCATION...MISSOURI...IOWA...KANSAS...NEBRASKA...
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ATTN WFOS...DMX...EAX...OAX...TOP...GID...
ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...
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EVENT...LINE OF HEAVY RAINS OVER SE NE
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...OVER THE PAST HOUR SAT IMAGERY SHOWED
A VERY RAPIDLY DEVELOPING CELL OVER THAYER/JEFFERSON COUNTIES THAT
HAS WITHIN THE PAST 30 MIN MERGED WITH VERY HEAVY CONVECTION INVOF
CASS COUNTY IN ERN NE.  WITH THE RAPIDLY COOLING CLOUD TOPS TO -72C
ESTIMATES ARE ON THE ORDER OF 1.5"-2.5" OVER THAYER/JEFFERSON COUNTIES
IN THE LAST HOUR WITH MOST OF THE RAIN TOTAL FALLING IN A 30 MIN TIME
PERIOD FOR LOCALIZED AREAS.  0245Z IMAGE SHOWS VERY COLD OVERSHOOTING TOP
(-77C) OVER SRN LANCASTER/GAGE COUNTY WHERE ESTIMATED RAIN RATES ARE IN
THE ORDER OF 2.0"-2.25" PER 30 MIN GIVEN RAPID DEVELOPMENT AND MERGER
BETWEEN CONVECTIVE STORMS.  SINCE 0115Z...ESTIMATING BETWEEN 2.0"-2.3"
IN SOME AREAS INVOF CASS/SAUNDERS/NRN LANCASTER COUNTIES IN ERN NE.

WITH PW VALUES RANGING FROM 1.3"-1.6" PER SOUNDER/GPS DATA AND GOOD
SRLY 850 FLOW PER PROFILER DATA...EXPECTING RAIN RATES TO REMAIN IN THE
2.0"-3.0"/HR AND SOME LOCALIZED AREAS SEEING 2.0" IN 20 MIN GIVEN THE
EXPECTED SLOW MOVING NATURE OF THE DEVELOPING MCS AND CELL MERGING LIKELY.
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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 4167 9526 4080 9493 3978 9798 3999 9859 4061 9809
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