ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES OKZ000- . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/24/08 2249Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: G12 2240Z CK . LOCATION...N CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... . ATTN WFOS...TSA...OUN... ATTN RFCS...ABRFC... . EVENT...LINEAR MCS...CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...SW-NE BAND OF CNVTN MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS SPENES HAS CONTINUED TO INCR IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVER GARFIELD/NOBLE/LOGAN COUNTY AREA. AUTOMATED STLT ESTIMATES INDICATE BTWN 2-3" OF RAIN THRU 2215Z. GOES IR IMAGERY SHOWS NUMEROUS OVERSHOOTING TOPS HAVE FORMED OVER THE ABOVE-MENTIONED COUNTIES..WHILE VIS IMAGERY SHOWS CU/TCU CONTINUE TO FLOW INTO BACK EDGE OF LINEAR MCS FM THE SW. GOES SOUNDER IMAGERY SHOWS PW AND INSTABILITY VALUES CONTINUE TO INCR TO FM S CENTRAL TO N CENTRAL OK. MAX PW VALUES ARE AROUND 1.8" AND LI VALUES RANGE TO NR -11C OVER CENTRAL AND S OK. . BASED ON CURRENT STLT TRENDS...THIS MCS WILL PERSIST OVER THE ABOVE-MENTIONED COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HRS..AND SOME EXPANSION OF COVERAGE MAY OCCUR AS WELL. WITH THE LIKELIHOOD OF TRAINING/MERGERS... ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 2" ARE LIKELY OVER SOME LOCATIONS. . ANNOTATED AND RAINFALL ESTIMATE GRAPHICS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT WEB ADDRESS BELOW IN APPX 10 MINUTES. . SEE NCEP HPC DISCUSSION AND QPF/S FOR FORECAST. ....NESDIS IS A MEMBER OF 12 PLANET.... . SSD/SAB WEB ADDRESS FOR PRECIP ESTIMATES: HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/PCPN/ ...ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT /PS/PCPN/ . LAT...LON 3658 9824 3652 9678 3598 9694 3587 9835 . NNNN