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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 09/04/04 1911Z 
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
VALUES ARE MAX OR SGFNT EST.  OROGRAPHIC CORRECTION IN AUTO-ESTS..
EST'S FM:/GOES12-CNTRL AND E. U.S./GOES10-W. U.S...    
                      LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1900Z     CK              
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LOCATION...S CENTRAL/S/SE TEXAS   
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ATTN WFOS/RFCS...BRO..CRP..EWX..HGX..WGRFC
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EVENT...TSTM TRENDS ASSOCD WITH VORT...HVY RAIN
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS.....WV IMAGERY SHOWS THAT THE VORT CENTER
THAT WAS OVER MX YESTERDAY IS NOW LOCATED NR LRD. SRLY UPPR FLOW TO THE E
OF THE VORT CONTINUES TO DRAW UP SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE FM NE MX..AS PER
GOES WV IMAGERY. WV IMAGERY ANIMATION ALSO SHOWS IMPULSE JUST S OF THE
BORDER. GOES SOUNDER DATA..AS WELL AS NOOA MICROWAVE IMAGERY..CONTINUES
TO SHOW EXTENSIVE AREA OF 2"PLUS PWS CONTINUING OVER THE DISCUSSION AREA.
GOES SOUNDER IMAGERY SHOWS RECENT INCR IN INSTABILITY..WITH LI VALUES
RANGING TO -6. 
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WHILE AN ARC SHAPED AREA OF TSTMS MOVES STEADILY NWD INVOF S CENTRAL TX..
STMS OVER S TX AND THE LOWER TX COAST ARE MUCH SLOWER. 3-4" OF RAIN HAS
BEEN ESTIMATED OVER NUECES COUNTY BTWN 1615Z-1845Z..WHERE REPEATED CELL
TRAINING AND MERGERS HAVE OCCURRED. WARMER TOP TSTMS EXTEND SWD ALONG THE
LOWER TX COAST COUNTIES..BUT THERE DURATION OVER ANY ONE LOCATION HAS
BEEN GENERALLY AN HOUR OR LESS. OVERALL..TSTMS HAVE BEEN INCRG IN
COVERAGE WITHIN AN AREA FM N AND E OF LRD TO S OF SAT..IN ADDITION TO THE
COASTAL COUNTIES ALONG THE LOWER TX COAST.     
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THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING EXISTS FOR A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS OVER THE
DISCUSSION AREA. THE PRESENCE OF THE VORT..COPIOUS MOISTURE..INCRG
INSTABILITY..WILL LEAD TO FURTHER INCR IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF TSTMS
THIS AFTN/EVE. STEERING WINDS..PER GOES STLT WINDS..ARE INDICATED AS NO
STRONGER THAN 10-20KTS. AND...WITH INCRG CURVATURE AROUND THE VORT..SOME
CELLS MAY BE SLOW MOVERS..WITH SOME TRAINING AND MERGERS OCCURRING..AS
HAS BEEN THE CASE OVER NUECES.

SEE NCEP HPC DISCUSSION AND QPF/S FOR FORECAST.
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EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1 2004...THE HEADER IDENTIFICATION FOR THIS PRODUCT
WILL CHANGE FROM KWBC TO KNES.
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....NESDIS SAB HAS BEEN ADDED TO 12 PLANET....
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