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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/07/08 1841Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1815Z         CW
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LOCATION...DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...
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ATTN WFOS...HGX...CRP...EWX...BRO...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...
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EVENT...AXIS OF HVY RAIN EXPECTED TO SHIFT N AND E OF CURRENT POSITION
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...AS IT WAS ANTICIPATED EARLIER IN THE
DAY THE TIGHTLY WRAPPED MID/UPPER LVL VORT ACROSS DEEP S TX HAS MOVED
NWD (EST. POSITION NEAR 27N/97W).  IN DOING SO THE CONVECTION WITH DEEP
TROPICAL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH IT HAS BEEN PULLED NWD RESULTING IN VERY
HVY RAINS ACROSS MUCH OF DEEP S TX THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HRS.
LATEST IR AND VIS IMAGERY SUGGESTS AXIS OF HVY RAINS IS BEGINNING TO
SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND EAST LIKELY SETTING UP INVOF HDO SSE TO CRP
AND EWD TO VCT.  THIS AREA MATCHES UP WELL WITH 18Z AXIS OF BEST SFC
MOISTURE CONVERGENCE.
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3-HRS AUTOMATED STLT ESTIMATES INDICATE 2.0-2.3" OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN
ACROSS PORTIONS OF KENEDY/WILLACY/BROOKS/CAMERON COUNTIES ENDING AT 1815Z.
HVY RAINS WILL LIKELY PERSIST ACROSS DEEP SRN TX THIS AFTERNOON WITH
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS POTENTIALLY REACHING UPWARDS OF 2-3" LOCALLY.
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PLEASE SEE WEB ADDRESS FOR 3-HRS STLT ESTIMATE 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 3054 9784 2683 9552 2501 9816 2968 10019
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