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Tropical Storm Ended Saturday in San Diego With Light Showers

/in , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Philip Molnar

San Diego County got minimal rain Saturday as the last of Tropical Storm Kay passed over the region.

The storm already brought record rainfall to the county on Friday, with around a half-inch near the coast and nearly 2 inches in some mountain areas. Rainfall totals were much lower as the storm dissipated over the Pacific Ocean on Saturday — around 0.01 to 0.03 inch on the coast and around 0.06 inch in the mountains as of 4:30 p.m., said the National Weather Service.

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Tropical Storm Kay Produces Wind Gusts to 109 Mph in San Diego County, Along With Heat, Rain, Traffic Problems

/in , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Gary Robbins

San Diego County is taking a hard and weird hit from Tropical Storm Kay, which generated winds that gusted from 93 mph to 109 mph early Friday in East County and lifted temperatures countywide into the 80s and 90s at the tail end of a long heat wave.

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