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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/17/08 2200Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 2145Z       CW
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LOCATION...SE NEBRASKA...
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ATTN WFOS...OAX...GID...LBF...GLD...
ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...
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EVENT...HVY RAINS TO PERSIST OVER NEXT SEVERAL HRS ACROSS SE NE
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...STLT IMAGERY CONTINUES TO SHOW CLOUD
SHIELD EXPANSION WITH MULTIPLE CONVECTIVE CELLS ACROSS S-CENTRAL AND SE
NE.  STLT ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES WITH THESE STORMS ARE REACHING UPWARDS
OF 1.0-1.5"/HR.  MERGER OF CELLS ARE BEING OBSERVED ACROSS S-CENTRAL NE
AND EASTERN NE.  CURRENT THINKING IS THAT AS CELLS CONTINUE TO MERGE OVER
THE NEXT FEW HRS THEY WILL EVOLVE INTO SINGLE MCS OVER SE NE.  OBJECTIVE
ANALYSIS OF LATEST SFC MOISTURE CONVERGENCE HAS MAX OVER SOUTHERN NE AND
WITH CONTINUED MOISTURE TRANSPORT FROM THE S ACROSS KS THE SOUTHERN EDGE
OF THE CURRENT CONVECTION WILL BE THE MAIN FOCUS TO WHERE THE HVY RAIN
AXIS SHOULD SHIFT WITH THE EVENTUAL MCS.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF 2-3" ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE DISCUSSION AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW HRS.
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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 4193 9660 4011 9583 4000 10086 4121 10090
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