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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/11/08 0116Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12: 0110Z		DS
LOCATION...S ALABAMA...SE MISSISSIPPI...
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ATTN WFOS...BMX...MOB...JAN...
ATTN RFCS...SERFC...LMRFC...
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EVENT...NEARLY STNRY STORMS PRODUCING HVY RAINS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...IR SHOWS MULTIPLE COLD TOP CLUSTER OVER
SRN AL AND SRN MS MOVING VERY SLOWLY OR NOT AT ALL IN THE RICH..NEARLY
TROPICAL MOISTURE ENVIRONMENT THAT IS OVER MOST OF THE SERN US. IR
SHOWED THREE AREAS OF COLDEST TOPS ORIENTED IN AN ALMOST W-E MANNER
FROM KMEI/MS TO KMGM AND E TO JUST S OF KAUO WITH CELLS FILLING IN W OF
MGM PER RADAR AND LAST VIS IMAGE OF THE DAY. DWPTS ARE IN THE LOW-MID
70S AND PW VALUES PER GOES GPS VALUES ARE NEAR OR ABOVE 2". TWO SMALLER
CLUSTERS ARE NEAR MEI..ONE OVER CLARKE/LAUDERDALE COUNTY/MS  AND CHOCTAW
COUNTY/AL AND ANOTHER CLUSTER OVER MARENGO COUNTY/AL BUILDING EWD TO
CONNECT WITH THE LARGE CLUSTER OVER SE AL..WHICH CURRENTLY STRETCHES
FROM DALLAS COUNTY TO RUSSELL COUNTY. GIVEN THE RAPID INTENSIFICATION
SEEN FROM THE CELLS OVER SRN AL..AS THEY NOW HAVE CLOUD TOPS TO -74C
TO -77C..WOULD ESTIMATE THAT AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1.5-2" HAVE OCCURRED IN
THE PAST 30-40 MINS WHERE THE COLDEST TOPS ARE SEEN..ESPECIALLY OVER N
CHOCTAW COUNTY. EXPECT WITH SUCH DEEP MOISTURE AND LITTLE MOVEMENT OF
CELLS SEEN IN IR IMAGERY DUE TO WEAK SFC WINDS..TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 3-5"
WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT 1-3 HRS. MERGERS WILL BE OCCURRING SHORTLY
OVER S CENTRAL AL INVOF DALLAS COUNTY WHERE THE CELLS ARE BUILDING TWDS
ONE ANOTHER. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR.
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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 3274 8545 3187 8540 3173 8869 3251 8870
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