Fresno County agencies prep before an atmospheric river arrives [Video]

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — A bomb cyclone is swirling over the Pacific Northwest and steering an atmospheric river event toward Central California.

The National Weather Service says Mariposa and other foothill communities could see the greatest risk for flooding starting Friday.

“The areas that we are looking at are contained to foothill communities for excessive rainfall. That is the main concern. The other areas of concern are burn scars, that includes the French Fire,” says Stephen McCoy, National Weather Service.

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McCoy says higher elevations could get a foot of snow or more.

“This will be a very significant snowfall event. Our first one of the year. You can see that in the Tioga pass there’s 100% chance of one or more feet of snow,” says McCoy.

Terri Mejorado, Emergency Manager with the Fresno County Office of Emergency …