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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/26/08 0346Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 0330Z  RUMINSKI
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LOCATION...ARIZONA...
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ATTN WFOS...TWC...PSR...
ATTN RFCS...CBRFC...
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EVENT...HEAVY RAIN WITH CONVECTION OVER PARTS OF PIMA AND PINAL COUNTIES
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...TWO CLUSTERS OF CNVTN GENERATING VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL. CLUSTER OF CD TOPPED CELLS THAT MOVED INTO NE PIMA/ERN
PINAL APRS TO HAVE SLOWED DOWN TO NRLY STNRY OVER EXTRM NE PIMA AND MERGED
WITH ANOTHER CELL THAT HAD DEVELOPED OVER ERN PIMA.  ALSO..CLUSTER OF
CELLS LIFTING N OUT OF CENTRAL PIMA INTO SW PINAL HAS SHOWN CLD TOPS
COOLING TO -71C AND SHOWN LITTLE MVMNT PAST HLF HR. CNVTN MAY BE GETTING
ENHANCED FROM LARGE OUTFLOW WELL DEPICTED IN VIS/IR IMAGERY DROPPING
S THRU MARICOPA AND NRN PINAL. THIS MAY FORM FOCUS FOR ADL CNVTN OVER
PINAL AND NRN PIMA.
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WITH DEEP MOISTURE IN PLACE (1.50 TO 1.75" PW'S) VERY HEAVY RAIN IN
SHORT PERIOD IS LIKELY UNDER THE CORE OF THESE STORMS..AS HAS ALRDY
BEEN INDICATED IN NUMEROUS FLOOD STATEMENTS. STLT ESTS ARE GIVING 2-3"
AMNTS (MOST OF THAT IN 1-2 HR PD) OVER NE PIMA AND 1.0" TO 1.5" OVER N
CENTRAL PIMA.
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QUICK LOOK AT 0330Z IMAGE SHOWS CLD TOP TEMPS HAVE WARMED WITH CORE OF
CNVTN OVER NE PIMA AND ALSO ALONG THE CENTRAL PIMA/SW PINAL BORDER 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 3339 11012 3179 11001 3193 11286 3329 11259
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