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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
528 AM PDT WED MAR 23 2011

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NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-
NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE-
528 AM PDT WED MAR 23 2011


...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE CENTRAL VALLEY 
AND SURROUNDING AREAS...

AFTER THE MAIN BAND OF RAIN MOVES THROUGH THIS MORNING SOME BREAKS
IN THE CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED WITH WARMER SURFACE TEMPERATURES WHICH
WILL LIKELY LEAD TO THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON.

WHILE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE SACRAMENTO
AND NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEYS THIS AFTERNOON THE GREATEST THREAT
LOOKS TO BE OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE SOUTHERN
SACRAMENTO...NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEYS AND DELTA REGION.

THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOST LIKELY CONTAIN A LOT OF SMALL
HAIL MIXED WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING
PROBLEMS ALONG SOME ROADWAYS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS. MOTORISTS DRIVING LATER THIS AFTERNOON NEED TO BE
PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE RAPID CHANGES IN DRIVING CONDITIONS AND
SHOULD SLOW DOWN WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE DURING THE EVENING.


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