Rachel's remnants drop more than 5 inches on Palomar Mountain and prompt swift-water rescues

Tropical Storm Rachel came ashore in northern Baja California late Saturday, Oct. 10, as a post-tropical system, and its rain moved over San Diego County through Sunday. The National Weather Service canceled the Tropical Storm Watch on Monday, Oct. 12.

Palomar Mountain received more than 5 inches of rain, according to weather service totals reported by KPBS and the San Diego Union-Tribune. San Diego International Airport recorded about an inch.

Firefighters made two swift-water rescues Saturday night, the Union-Tribune and KPBS reported. Around 10 p.m., a man was pulled from a culvert near 70th Street and Alvarado Road and taken to a hospital in stable condition. Shortly before midnight, crews used a rope system to rescue a man from a storm drain at 33rd Street and Imperial Avenue.

Crews also answered calls for downed power lines and transformer fires, and more than 50 traffic collisions were reported, mostly on freeways. High tides and big surf flooded low-lying coastal roads in Carlsbad and Oceanside, according to CBS 8 and the Union-Tribune.

A coastal flood advisory ran through Tuesday afternoon. County health officials issued their standard rain advisory, which warns against swimming or surfing at any coastal beach or bay for 72 hours after rain.