Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
215 PM PDT SAT OCT 23 2010
CAZ089>099-240915-
WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS-
TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS-KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-
SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT-
215 PM PDT SAT OCT 23 2010
...STRONG PACIFIC STORM TO AFFECT THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR
SUNDAY AND MONDAY...
A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL REACH THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR
LATE TONIGHT...AND REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH MONDAY. THIS
STORM WILL TAP INTO TROPICAL MOISTURE...RESULTING IN LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN AND SNOW...AND VERY HIGH SNOW LEVELS IN THE SOUTHERN SIERRA
NEVADA.
IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...TOTAL RAINFALL
COULD BE AROUND AN INCH FROM FRESNO COUNTY NORTH...TAPERING OFF
TO A QUARTER INCH IN THE FAR SOUTH END OF THE VALLEY.
IN THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA...RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD BE AS HIGH
AS 4 INCHES NEAR YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK...TAPERING OFF TO THE
SOUTH. AND INCH OF RAIN COULD FALL AS FAR SOUTH AS SEQUOIA NATIONAL
PARK AND THE PIUTES. FURTHER SOUTH...UP TO A HALF INCH OF RAIN
COULD FALL IN THE TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS.
THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BE ABOVE 9000 FEET...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW
NEAR THE CREST. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE AS HIGH AS 2 FEET
IMMEDIATELY NEAR THE CREST IN YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK...TAPERING
OFF TO THE SOUTH.
IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN...THE STORM ALSO WILL BRING GUSTY
WINDS TO THE REGION. WINDS COULD GUST TO 45 MPH OVER THE WEST SIDE
OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND OVER
THE SIERRA FOOTHILLS SUNDAY EVENING. OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA...WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 90 MPH. A
HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE HIGH ELEVATIONS OF THE
SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.
IN THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...THE STRONGEST WINDS
WILL OCCUR LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH.
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH AND BELOW THE
PASSES OF THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS...AND WIND ADVISORIES OR HIGH
WIND WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED FOR THESE AREAS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS
SOURCE...FOR UPDATED ON THIS STORM...THE LATEST FORECASTS...AND
ANY WATCHES...WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES.
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SANGER