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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/29/08 0057Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0045Z         CW
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LOCATION...SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA...
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ATTN WFOS...FSD...ABR...UNR...
ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...
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EVENT...CELL MERGER BETWEEN TWO VERY STRONG CELLS
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UPDATED BECAUSE OF 0045Z STLT IMAGE SUGGESTING MUCH HIGHER RAIN RATES
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...NEARLY IMMINENT MERGER TO OCCUR BETWEEN
TWO VERY STRONG CELLS INVOF GREGORY/TRIPP/S LYMAN/S BRULE/CHARLES MIX
COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN SD.  CELL OVER LYMAN/BRULE MOVING SSE WHILE CELL
OVER BOYD/ND..GREGORY/SD IS MOVING NNE.
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0045Z IMAGE JUST COMING IN SHOWS RAPIDLY COOLING AND EXPANDING CLOUD
TOPS OVER DISCUSSION AREA (-69C) WITH MERGING OCCURRING.  BASED ON NEW
IR IMAGEY...MANUAL STLT RAINFALL RATE TECHNIQUE YIELDS 1.8"/30 MINS IS
CAPABLE FROM THIS MERGER.
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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 4422 9793 4313 9786 4305 10017 4413 10040
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