ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES TXZ000-NMZ000- . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 06/21/08 0959Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: G12 0945Z CK . LOCATION...TEXAS PANHANDLE...NEW MEXICO... . ATTN WFOS...AMA...ABQ... ATTN RFCS...ABRFC...WGRFC... . EVENT...HVY TSTMS INCRG AHEAD OF SHORT WAVE . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...SINCE 08Z A BAND OF TSTMS HAS RAPIDLY DEVELOPED AND INTENSIFIED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE TX PANHANDLE/NM BORDER.. N AND NE OF TCC AND NW OF AMA. THESE STMS HAVE DEVELOPED SE OF APPCHG SHORT WAVE PER G12 WV IMAGERY..AND IS ALSO BEING FUELED BY SERLY FLOW OF LLJ PER PROFILER DATA. . ATTM..THE COLD TOP TSTMS ARE AFFECTING THE COUNTIES OF SE HARDING AND N QUAY IN NM AND OLDHAM IN THE TX PANHANDLE. IN THE PAST HF HR..IR IMAGERY ANIMATION SHOWS THAT CELL MERGERS HAVE TAKEN PLACE..AS WELL AS EXPANSION OF COLDEST TOPS. MANUAL STLT EST TECHNIQUE INDICATES THAT OVER AN INCH HAS FALLEN WITH THESE MERGERS BTWN 0915Z-0945Z. FOR THE HR FM 0845Z-0945Z ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 1.5" OR MORE HAS FALLEN OVER THE NM COUNTIES..WHERE CELLS HAVE BEEN MOVG AT AT SLOWER PACE. . BASED ON LATEST STLT TRENDS..WOULD EXPECT THESE STMS TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BTWN 1-2" OVER THE NEXT HR. . 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 3588 10237 3515 10215 3466 10408 3552 10375 . NNNN