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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/14/08 2016Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 2002Z       CW
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LOCATION...EASTERN TEXAS...
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ATTN WFOS...LCH...SHV...HGX...FWD...EWX...SJT...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...
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EVENT...LINE OF CONVECTION ALONG SFC BOUNRDARY PRODUCING VERY HVY RAINS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...RAPIDLY COOLING CLOUD TOPS ARE
BEING OBSERVED ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN TX..WHICH INCLUDE AREAS
INVOF..LAMPASAS/BURNET/WILLIAMSON/BELL/MILAM/ROBERTSON/BRAZOS/MADISON
COUNTIES. VERY HVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY OCCURRING WITH THIS CONVECTION
AS 1.0" IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE FALLEN IN THE LAST HR ACROSS S BELL COUNTY
PER AUTOMATED STLT ESTIMATES.
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MULTIPLE CELL MERGERS ARE OCCURRING ATTM..OVERSHOOTING TOP OF -74C IS SEEN
ALONG BELL/MILAM COUNTY BORDERS..AND ANOTHER AT -75 ALONG MILAM/ROBERTSON
COUNTY BORDERS.  STLT-DERIVED PW VALUES ACROSS THIS REGION ARE SEEN TO BE
AOA 2.0".  USING MANUAL STLT RAINFALL RATE TECHNIQUE..RAINFALL RATES ARE
ESTIMATED TO BE UPWARDS OF 1.5-2.0"/HR.  CELLS ARE DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE
SSE AND BECAUSE OF THE SLOW PROGRESSION AND EXTREMELY COLD TOPS ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2.0" IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE DISCUSSION AREA.
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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 3192 9873 3187 9478 3017 9447 2989 9849
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