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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 06/26/08 0057Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G12  0045Z  CK
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LOCATION...KANSAS...
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ATTN WFOS...TOP...ICT...GID...DDC...
ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...ABRFC...
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EVENT...INCRG MCS FM W OF CNK TO NR OF FRI
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...MCS HAS CONTINUED TO EXPAND WWD
AND SWD WITH ACTIVE CNVTN NOW EXTENDING FM W OF CNK TO N AND NE OF
FRI. OVERSHOOTING TOPS HAVE MARKEDLY INCRD ON SRN AND WRN ENDS OF
MCS..WITH SOME SWD DRIFT OF THE SRN END NR FRI..WHILE WRN END REMAINS
NEARLY STNRY. THE STNRY CELLS ARE OVER MITCHELL AND JEWELL COUNTIES AND
WRN BORDER AREA OF REPUBLIC AND CLOUD COUNTIES. OUTFLOW FM CELLS NW OF
RSL HAVE BEGUN TO MERGE WITH WRN END OF MCS. BUT OF EVEN GREATER CONCERN
OVERNIGHT IS THE SHORT WAVE COMING OUT OF CO. THE SHORT WAVE..WITH
CNVTN TO THE E OVER W KS AND SW TO N NEB..IS MOVG STEADILY E AND WILL
LIKELY INTERACT WITH THE MCS IN THE NEXT FEW HRS.  AN ANNOTATED GRAPHIC
HIGHLIGHTS THE FEATURES..AND WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE WEB ADDRESS BELOW
IN APPX 10 MIN.
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AS FOR RAIN RATES..MANUAL STLT ESTIMATES INDICATE 1" OR MORE/HALF HR
WITH THE CELLS ON THE SRN AND WRN END OF THE MCS. SINCE THE CELLS ON
THE WRN END HAVE BEEN STNRY..IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 3" HAS FALLEN W OF
CNK. NW OF RSL..BTWN 1-2" HAS BEEN ESTIMATED AS OF 0045Z.
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SEE GRAPHIC AT WEB ADDRESS BELOW IN APPX 10 MINUTES.
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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 3990 9821 3971 9597 3876 9566 3883 9946 3918 9944 3982
9930
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