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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/06/08 2130Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 2125Z       CW
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LOCATION...W ILLINOIS...N MISSOURI...S MINNESOTA...
LOCATION...IOWA...NE NEBRASKA...SE SOUTH DAKOTA...
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ATTN WFOS...DVN...ARX...MPX...DMX...FSD...OAX...
ATTN RFCS...NCRFC...MBRFC...
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EVENT...DEVELOPING MCS ACROSS NORTHEAST NE/SE SD/W IA
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...CLUSTERS OF TSTMS HAVE BEGUN TO INTENSIFY
AND ARE BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD AS STORMS APPROACH SFC THETA-E
RIDGE AXIS SEEN LOCATED OVER IA/MO IN 21Z SFC ANALYSIS.  VIS AND IR
ANIMATION SHOWS INDIVIDUAL CELLS ARE MERGING AND CLOUD SHIELD AOB -62C
IS EXPANDING RAPIDLY (PARTICULARLY IN LAST 45 MINS).  VERY HVY RAINS
ARE LIKELY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS WHICH ARE BECOMING
MORE ORGANIZED AND LIKELY WILL EVOLVE INTO WELL-DEFINED MCS SHORTLY.
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AU ANALYSIS OF STLT WIND FIELD SUGGESTS MCS LIKELY TO MOVE E/ESE ACROSS
IA DURING LATE-AFTERNOON AND INTO EVENING HRS AS FLOW IS GENERALLY W-E
ACROSS NE/SD/W IA THEN BECOMING MORE SE ACROSS E IA.  ADDITIONALLY..WV
IMAGERY SHOWS S/WV MOVING ENE ACROSS SE NE/NE KS ATTM AND WILL LIKELY
CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO FAVORABLE MID-LVL LIFT ACROSS E NE/W IA OVER
THE NEXT SEVERAL HRS.
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LLVL FLOW IS FOUND TO BE SSW AT AROUND 20-30 KTS PER PROFILER/VWP DATA
AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THIS EVENING ALLOWING FOR VERY GOOD
MOISTURE TRANSPORT INTO THIS DEVELOPING MCS ACROSS S IA/N MO.  LATEST STLT
RAINFALL RATES ARE LIKELY APPROACHING 1.0"/HR OVER THURSTON/BURT COUNTIES
IN NE..MONONA/WOODBURY COUNTIES IN IA.  THESE RATES ARE LIKELY TO INCREASE
AS CELLS MERGE AND TSTMS EVOLVE INTO MCS.
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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 4358 9712 4337 9109 4032 9100 4181 9827
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