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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 09/10/08 0625Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-13 0545Z   LIDDICK
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LOCATION...SOUTH CAROLINA...GEORGIA...
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ATTN WFOS...CAE...GSP...FFC...
ATTN RFCS...SERFC...
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EVENT...VERY SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...SATELLITE IMAGERY SINCE 0345Z SHOWING
VERY SLOW MOVING WARM TOP STORMS OVER EDGEFIELD COUNTY IN W CNTRL SC AND
THROUGH COLUMBIA/MCDUFFIE COUNTIES IN ERN GA.  ESTIMATES THROUGH 0545Z
ARE GIVING 3.0"-3.25" IN THE 2 HOUR TIME PERIOD FOR SOME LOCALIZED AREAS
GIVEN THAT THE STORM WAS ANCHORED FOR THOSE 2 HOURS.  SOME AREAS COULD
HAVE SEEN RATES OF 1.5"-2.0"/30 MIN...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 0345Z-0445Z
WHERE AN OVERSHOOTING TOP IS PRESENT.  TOPS APPEAR TO BE WARMING OVER
THOSE COUNTIES ATTM...HOWEVER ANOTHER 1.0"-2.0" IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION
FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

MOST RECENT PICTURE SHOWS DEVELOPMENT OVER TALIAFERRO/WARREN COUNTIES
WITH ANOTHER OVERSHOOTING TOP PRESENT...ESTIMATING SIMILAR RATES OF
1.5"-2.0"/30 MIN IN SOME LOCALIZED AREAS.

GIVEN THE CLOUD TOP TEMPS HAVE BEEN AROUND -55C WHICH IS JUST SHY OF THE
EL PER THE 5Z RUC AND PW VALUES NEAR 2.0" PER GPS DATA...THINKING THAT
RAIN RATES WILL GENERALLY RANGE BETWEEN 1.5"-2.5"/HR WITH SOME AREAS THAT
SEE THE VERY SLOW MOVING STORMS WITH RATES OF 3.0"-3.5"/HR AT TIMES.
CONCERNED ALSO FOR A MERGER IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS BETWEEN THE
CONVECTIVE AREA MENTIONED ABOVE AND CONVECTION TO THE N INVOF MADISON
COUNTY.  MERGER BETWEEN THESE AREAS OF CONVECTION COULD PUSH RATES UP
TO 4.0"/HR FOR SOME AREAS.
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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 3469 8257 3355 8165 3334 8299 3414 8369
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