SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 316 PM PST FRI DEC 11 2009
Expiration: 1100 PM PST FRI DEC 11 2009
...PERIODS OF RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS TO AFFECT CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
THROUGH THE WEEKEND...
OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN WILL PERSIST IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND
ADJACENT FOOTHILLS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.
THE LAST IN A SERIES OF STRONG PACIFIC WINTER STORMS WILL MOVE
INTO CALIFORNIA ON SATURDAY...BRINGING MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN AT TIMES FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE SAN
JOAQUIN VALLEY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE ADJACENT
FOOTHILLS. RAINFALL WILL BE MUCH LESS IN THE FAR SOUTH VALLEY DUE
TO RAIN SHADOWING...PROBABLY LESS THAN ONE-HALF INCH. THIS AMOUNT
OF RAIN COULD CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND
ALONG SMALL CREAKS AND STREAMS.
GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY
EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WEST AND SOUTH SIDES OF THE
VALLEY...WHERE GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH MAY OCCUR.
FOR LATER WEATHER UPDATES CHECK WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET...NOAA
ALL HAZARDS RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA STATION.
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