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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 06/19/08 2202Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 THRU 2145Z GG
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LOCATION...KANSAS...
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ATTN WFOS...EAX...TOP...
ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...ABRFC...
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EVENT...MERGER
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...TWO CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS...ONE
MOVING SSE OUT OF WASHINGTON AND MARSHALL COUNTIES AND A SECOND MOVING
NE ALONG A SSW TO NNE BOUNDARY ACROSS E KS...CONTINUE TO SHOW VERY
IMPRESSIVE OVERSHOOTING TOPS AND EXPANSION ON VISIBLE IMAGERY WITH
VERY LITTLE GLACIATION UNTIL THE LAST IMAGE OR SO. IT IS ALSO WITHIN
THIS LAST ONE OR TWO IMAGES THAT THE SQUEEZE BETWEEN THE TWO CLUSTER
LEAD TO DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CELLS AND NOW APPEARS TO BE MERGING TOGETHER
INTO A LARGER SCALE MCS.  THIS MERGE OVER POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY AS ALSO
COOLED TO -65C...ALONG WITH PWS IN THE 1.5" RANGE... WOULD SUPPORT
RATES OF 1.5-2.0"/HR BUT WITH MERGERS INCREASES THE RATES AT LEAST .5"
PER SATELLITE ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES.  WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF TOTALS
OVER 1.5" IN THE LAST HOUR OCCURRED WITH SIMILAR TO SLIGHTLY LOWER AMOUNT
TO CONTINUE AS THE CLUSTER MOVES TOWARD THE KC METRO AREA.
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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 3966 9668 3918 9489 3817 9504 3874 9680
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