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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 06/24/08 2255Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 2245Z         CW
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LOCATION...N MISSOURI...S IOWA...
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ATTN WFOS...LSX...DVN...DMX...EAX...OAX...
ATTN RFCS...NCRFC...MBRFC...
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EVENT...MOD/HVY RAINS EXPECTED THIS EVENING ACROSS S IA/N MO
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...CLUSTER OF TSTMS OVER SE NE/SW IA CONTINUE
TO INTENSIFY AND BECOME MORE ORGANIZED AS THEY PROGRESS SLOWLY TO THE E.
WELL-DEFINED MCV LEFT IN THE WAKE OF LAST NIGHT/EARLY MORNING CONVECTION
HAS SPARKED AFTERNOON CONVECTION ACROSS SE NE/NE KS/SW IA.  RECENT TRENDS
OVER THE PAST 2 HRS HAS SHOWN CONTINUED CLOUD TOP COOLING AND EXPANSION OF
COLDER CLOUD TOPS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AREA OF STORMS. LATEST IR IMAGERY
INDICATES AN AREA WITH DIAMETER 108 KM AOB -61C. ATTM..HEAVIEST RAIN
APPEARS TO BE FALLING INVOF MARSHALL/ NEMAHA COUNTIES IN NE KS WHERE
AUTOMATED STLT ESTIMATES INDICATE UPWARDS OF 1.0" HAVE FALLEN IN THE
LAST HR AND OVER FREMONT/PAGE COUNTIES IN SW IA..WHERE 1.0" HAS LIKELY
FALLEN BASED ON MANUAL TECHNIQUE.
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AS THE MCV AND CLUSTER OF TSTMS CONTINUE TO MOVE IN A GENERAL EWD
DIRECTION ACROSS S IA/N MO..WHICH IT SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO WITH MID-LVL
FLOW W-E..NOSE OF SFC THETA-E RIDGE AXIS RUNNING SW-NE ACROSS W MO/S
IA..AND LOCATION OF SFC WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY POSITIONED ACROSS N
MO..STORMS WILL BEGIN TO ENCOUNTER HIGHER LLVL MOISTURE VALUES.  PWS OF
1.6-1.7" ARE SEEN POOLED ALONG THE IA/MO BORDER AND WITH SW LLVL JET
CURRENTLY AT 25 KTS FORECASTED TO STRENGTHEN THIS EVENING BEST SFC
MOISTURE CONVERGENCE IS LIKELY TO SETUP ACROSS N MO.  OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL HRS HVY RAINFALL SHOULD OCCUR ACROSS S IA/N MO WITH RAIN RATES
POTENTIALLY REACHING UPWARDS OF 1.5-2.0"/HR AT TIMES.
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PLEASE SEE WEB ADDRESS BELOW IN ABOUT 10 MINS FOR STLT GRAPHIC.
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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 4160 9559 4149 9140 3953 9167 3937 9462
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