Occasionally heavy rain and potentially damaging winds will persist in San Diego County for most of the day Friday as a Pacific storm moves through the region.
Widespread rain fell overnight. In a 12-hour period ending at 4 a.m., automated gauges in the mountains collected 1.87 inches of rain in Birch Hill; 1.54 at the Palomar Observatory; 1.25 in Pine Hills; 1.14 at Lake Cuyamaca; .97 in Mesa Grande; .96 in Santa Ysabel; .93 on Mt. Laguna; .92 in Descanso; .90 on Volcan Mountain; and lesser amounts in numerous other locales.
Among the amounts recorded elsewhere in the county were 1.01 inches at Camp Pendleton and in Encinitas; .98 of an inch in Solana Beach; .97 in Deer Springs; .94 in Carlsbad, Escondido and Vista; .91 on Mt. Woodson; .90 at San Onofre; .88 in Fallbrook; .82 in Bonsall; .81 in San Marcos; .79 at SeaWorld San Diego and in Valley Center; .69 at Lindbergh Field; .67 in Poway; .43 in San Ysidro; .03 in Borrego Springs; and .01 in Ocotillo Wells, according to provisional data from the National Weather Service.
The downpours caused flooding in several areas throughout the county. In Spring Valley, Quarry Road was closed between state Route 125 and Lakeview Road die to flooding, according to the county Department of Public Works.
In the city of San Diego, flooding was reported on Mission Road near the San Diego River, on Sorrento Valley and Carmel Mountain roads, in the 4800 block of Santa Fe Street, and on Cass Street and Garnet Avenue in Pacific Beach, according to police.
The showers are expected to begin tapering off later Friday as the moisture exits to the east, “leaving residual showers only in the mountains this afternoon,” according to a weather service statement. The gusty winds that have been whipping though the region will also die down.
Cooler, drier weather is expected after the storm passes, according to the weather service.
— City News Service
