Record-Breaking Rain Drenches San Diego

The Padres are in rain delay --- the exact situation I was fearing for last night's #RedSox at #Angels game!

At Gas Lamp Ball, "Padres-Rockies in a rain delay."

And from the Padres on Twitter, "The #Padres trail 1-0 in the top of the 5th. The rain is really coming down now," and "We don't always have rain delays but when we do things get weird..."

Also at the San Diego Union-Tribune, "Thunderstorms Jar San Diego Awake":

Drought-stricken San Diego received record rainfall on Saturday from Tropical Storm Dolores, whose unexpectedly tough punch also caused power outages, street flooding, a brush fire, downed trees and dozens of accidents on local freeways.

By 5 p.m. Saturday, San Diego's Lindbergh Field had recorded 1.03 inches of rain, which is more precipitation than the city had received during the entire month of July dating back to 1902. San Diego averages only 0.02 inch of precipitation in July.

The onslaught was even bigger near Miramar Marine Corp Air Station, which got 1.55 inches, and Kearny Mesa, which got 1.44 inches. Ramona Airport recorded 1.18 inches. In Tierrasanta, a microburst of wind toppled several pine trees, including one that hit a carport and house.

"It was like there was a bull's eye on the area from Camp Pendleton over to Ramona and Poway and down to Santee and Chula Vista and over to the coast," said Brett Albright, a forecaster for the National Weather Service. "This kind of system can produce sporadically heavy rain. But the cells kept forming and coming ashore. This won't do anything for the drought, but it will reduce the risk of wildfires for the next week or two."

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