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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/15/08 1850Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 1830Z       CW
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LOCATION...NEW MEXICO...
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ATTN WFOS...MAF...ABQ...EPZ...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...
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EVENT...HVY RAINS WITH MERGERS OF CELLS OVER LINCOLN COUNTY
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...STLT IMAGERY INDICATES CELLS HAVE MERGED
ACROSS S LINCOLN COUNTY IN NM WITHIN THE LAST 30 MINS.  CLOUD TOP TEMPS
HAVE DROPPED RAPIDLY TO -65C (WELL BELOW -53C EL AT 12Z RAOB FROM ABQ).
ESTIMATING RAIN RATES TO BE NEAR 0.5-0.75"/30 MIN PERIOD.  EXPECT VERY
HVY RAINS FROM THIS STORM IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AS IS MOVES VERY
SLOWLY TO THE E.
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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 3486 10439 3307 10348 3239 10600 3452 10664
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