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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/06/08 1823Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1745Z        CW
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LOCATION...WEST VIRGINIA...
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ATTN WFOS...LWX...PBZ...RLX...
ATTN RFCS...MARFC...OHRFC...
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EVENT...MOD/HVY RAINS FROM SLOW MOVING WARM-TOP CELLS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...STLT IMAGERY SHOWS A WELL-DEFINED AREA
OF LOW PRESSURE CENTERED NEAR THE IN/OH/KY BORDERS WITH CONVECTION
DEVELOPING MAINLY TO ITS SE/E ALONG THE SPINE OF THE APPALACHIANS.
SLOW-MOVING..WARM-TOP CELLS (-48C CLOUD TOP TEMPS) ARE SEEN ACROSS
PORTIONS OF EASTERN/NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.  THESE CELLS APPEAR TO BE
IN RESPONSE TO A MID-LVL WAVE SEEN IN LASTEST WV IMAGERY TRACKING NNEWD
ACROSS WEST VIRGINIA/VA ATTM.  CELLS ARE LIKELY PRODUCING MOD RAINS BUT
MAY BE CAPABLE OF BRIEF PERIODS OF HVY BURSTS.  THERE IS SOME CONCERN
THAT THESE SLOW-MOVING CELLS AS FFG ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN WV ARE
SEEN TO BE RELATIVE LOW (1.0-1.5" IN 3-HRS).
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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 3964 8016 3901 7928 3812 8012 3870 8116
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