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  Lightning, thunder may keep up today in SLO County

  The storm system that brought downpours and thunder and lightning to much of San Luis Obispo County on Saturday — 0.15 inches of rain fell in Arroyo Grande — could continue to rumble the skies today.

  A thunderstorm and flash flood warning was issued Saturday by the National Weather Service, which forecast a continuing of the unsettled weather along the Central Coast and in much of the state.

  “I think you see it every few years on average,” said John Lindsey, a local weather forecaster, of the thunder and lightning.

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  Unsettled weather could continue

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• 'Man v. Food' show comes to San Luis Obispo

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