ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/25/07 0024Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12: 0015Z DS . LOCATION...S TEXAS... . ATTN WFOS...HGX...CRP...EWX...BRO... ATTN RFCS...WGRFC... . EVENT...CONTINUED HVY RAINS...MOVING SWD . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...COLD TOP CELLS CONTINUE TO MOVE SWD TWDS REMAINING INSTABILITY IN DEEP SRN TX. CELLS HAVE MERGED INTO AN E-W LINE FROM N WEBB/DIMMIT TO NUECES COUNTY. VERY HVY RAINS ARE CURRENTLY OCCURRING OVER S LA SALLE/SE DIMMIT AS A MERGER IS UNDERWAY TEHRE WITH RAINFALL RATES THAT ARE LIKELY BETWEEN 1.5-2"/30-40 MIN. CELL OVER W NUECES/JIM WELLS/DUVAL COUNTY HAS BEEN SWAYING BACK AND FORTH BUT SEEMS TO BE ANCHORED ALONG THE NUECES/JIM WELLS BORDER. MANY OVERSHOOTING TOPS ARE SEEN ON VIS IMAGERY..MOSTLY IN THE AREAS ALREADY MENTIONED ABOVE BUT ALSO ON THE NEW CELLS FORMING IN E WEBB COUNTY. OUTFLOW BNDRY SEEN PUSHING NWWD IS THE REASON FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF CELLS AND ITS MOVEMENT WILL ONLY INCREASE RAINRATES ONCE IT INTERACTS S OF KCOT. 1 HR HYDROESTIMATOR AMOUNTS ENDING 2330Z SHOWED MAX AMOUNTS OF 1.5" ALONG THE NUECES/JIM WELLS BORDER AND ANOTHER MAX IN N WEBB/SE DIMMIT OF NEAR 1.5". BOTH OF THESE AMOUNTS HAVE INCREASED GREATLY DUE TO MERGERS/ENHANCEMENTS OF CELLS SINCE 2330Z SO AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 3" FOR JIM WELLS/NUECES HAVE LIKELY OCCURRED AND 2-2.5" OVER N WEBB/SE DIMMIT/S LA SALLE COUNTIES. OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS SHOWS BEST MOISTURE CNVG TO THE S AND THIS IS WHERE CELLS ARE HEADED PER STLT IMAGERY. LOOKS POSSIBLE FOR ANOTHER MERGER BETWEEN THE TWO AREAS OF HVY RAINS LIKELY INVOF SE WEBB/W DUVAL COUNTIES. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. . 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 2899 10099 2897 9663 2625 9686 2705 10020 . NNNN