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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 06/26/08 1340Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1332Z   LIDDICK
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LOCATION...SOUTHERN IOWA...
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ATTN WFOS...DVN...DMX...
ATTN RFCS...NCRFC...MBRFC...
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EVENT...HEAVRY RAINS OVER S CNTRL IA
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...MANUAL/AUTOMATED ESTIMATED OVER
THE PAST 3 HOURS SHOWING AREA OF 2.0"-2.5"...SOME LOCALIZED AREAS
SEEING ESTIMATED 2.75"...OVER APPANOOSE/MONROE COUNTIES IN SRN IA
WHERE STATIONARY CONVECTIVE CELLS WERE ANCHORED FOR 1-2 HOURS ALONG
THETA-E/MOISTURE BOUNDARY.  SOME LOCALIZED AREAS COULD HAVE SEEN RATES
OF 1.0"-1.5"/30 MIN AT TIMES GIVEN PW VALUES RANGING FROM 1.3"-1.5"
PER GOES SOUNDER/GPS DATA AND THE REPEATING/STATIONARY NATURE OF THE
CELLS.  WHILE CONVECTION HAS MOVED OUT FOR THE MOST PART...WORRIED ABOUT
CONVECTION FIRING BETWEEN THE THERMODYNAMIC BOUNDARY AND THE CONVECTIVE
LINE MOVING THROUGH W CNTRL IA WHERE THE BEST 850MB THETA-E IS LOCATED
PER 12Z SOUNDINGS AND EVENTUALLY THE CONVECTIVE LINE ITSELF AS IT MOVES
THROUGH IN THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS.  AREAS IN THE PATH OF THE LINE AND ANY
DEVELOPING CONVECTION OVER CNTRL/SW IA COULD SEE ANOTHER 1.0"-2.0" FOR
COUNTIES IN SRN IA...LIKE MONROE/APPANOOSE...THAT HAVE SEEN MULTIPLE
INCHES OF RAIN ALREADY THIS MORNING.

SEE WEB IN APPROX 5-10 MIN FOR ATTACHED HYDROESTIMATOR GRAPHIC OF 3 HOUR
TOTALS ENDING AT 1315Z.
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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 4132 9268 4070 9212 4073 9414 4128 9393
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