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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 06/17/08 0343Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0332Z        CW
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LOCATION...NE TEXAS...
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ATTN WFOS...OUN...SJT...LUB...MAF...
ATTN RFCS...ABRFC...WGRFC...
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EVENT...HVY RAINS FROM SLOW MOVING CLUSTER OF TSTMS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...RECENT IR IMAGERY SHOWS CLOUD TOP COOLING
AND POSSIBLE CELL MERGERS BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL CELLS FROM 0245Z TO 0332Z
NEAR DICKENS/KENT/GARZA COUNTIES IN NE TX.  STORMS ARE MOVING DUE S AND
SEEM TO POSSIBLY SLOWED IN SPEED IN THE PAST 30-45 MINS.  CLUSTER OF
TSTMS ARE MOVING TOWARDS BEST AREA OF SFC MOISTURE CONVERGENCE BASED
ON 3Z SFC ANALYSIS.  INCREASED VALUES OF LLVL MOISTURE APPEARS TO BE
GETTING DRAWN INTO THE SE OF THE SYSTEM AS PW VALUES ARE HIGHEST ACROSS
E TX (AOA 1.4") AND 85H WIND ARE SHOWN TO BE OUT OF THE SE AT 20-25 KTS
PER PROFILER DATA.  AUTOMATED STLT ESTIMATES SUGGEST RAIN FALL OF 1.1"
FELL IN THE LAST HR OVER DICKENS COUNTY.  WITH THE HINT OF THE STORMS
SLOWING THERE EXISTS THE POTENTIAL FOR 1.0-2.0" OF RAIN TO FALL ACROSS
GARZA/KENT/STONEWALL/SCURRY/FISHER/JONES COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT 1-2 HRS.
RAIN RATES ARE ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR 1.0-1.5"/HR.
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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 3386 10162 3385 9947 3254 9943 3255 10167
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