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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 04/27/09 1025Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1015Z  HANNA
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LOCATION...TEXAS...
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ATTN WFOS...FWD...EWX...SJT...MAF...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...
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EVENT...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...HEAVY CONVECTIVE RAINS CONTINUE FROM JUST
E OF MAF TO THE VIC OF SEP/GOP.  HAVE BEGUN TO SEE A NOTICEABLE SOUTH
AND EASTWARD SHIFT TO MOST ACTIVE CONVECTION ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE
LINE BUT THERE IS STILL A WELL DEFINED AREA OF CLOUD TOP ENHANCEMENT WITH
AN OVERSHOOTING TOP OVER SE GLASSCOCK/SW STERLING COUNTIES.  THE BEST
SATELLITE FEATURE AND ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN HAS ACTUALLY SHIFTED TO
FURTHER EAST FROM MCCULLOCH TO MILLS COUNTY.  A RATHER SIGNIFICANT
CONVECTIVE MERGER WITH RAPID CLOUD TOP COOLING OCCURRED THERE OVER THE
LAST 30 MINUTES AND BELIEVE 1-2"/HR RAINFALL RATES ARE COMMON IN THIS
AREA.  AUTOMATED SATELLITE ESTIMATES OVER THE LAST 6HRS SUGGEST LOCALIZED
2-4" RAINFALL TOTALS FROM GLASSCOCK/MITCHELL COUNTIES ESE TO N SAN SABA.
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AS MENTIONED ABOVE, IT DOES APPEAR AS THOUGH MCS HAS BEGUN ITS ESE/SE
MOTION AND BELIEVE THAT THIS TREND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE EARLY THIS
MORNING AND THIS SHOULD BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT FROM ROUGHLY
SJT TO HLR.  WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR.
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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 3232 9777 3192 9741 3112 9784 3071 9940 3068 10035
3082 10167 3152 10200 3212 10163 3225 10066 3190 9943

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