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A winter storm that dropped rain and snow and led to flooding and school closures in some areas of San Diego County is moving out of the area on Friday.
Heavy bands of rain Thursday night brought pea-sized hail to some areas, along with a flood advisory for much of the county. One particular band of rain brought a lot of rain in a very short amount of time. Parts of La Jolla, Clairemont, Kearny Mesa, Miramar saw more than an inch and a half of rain in just two hours between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Thursday, NBC 7's Meteorologist Brooke Martell said.
The heavy rainfall created flooding problems; cars got stuck while driving through inches of water and several rescues were reported.
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See how heavy rain caused flooding and rescues around the county
Up to nine inches of snow fell in the mountains and some parts of the county received more than two inches of rain in the last two days.
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A winter weather advisory was in place until 10 a.m. Friday. And a frost advisory was in place until 9 a.m. Friday.
The widespread isolated rain turned into scattered showers by Friday morning, which will continue to taper throughout the morning. We could still have some lingering rain activity into early tonight, Martell said.
School closures
Due to road conditions and strong winds, the San Diego County Office of Education closed the following school districts on Friday:
- Mountain Empire Unified School District
- Spencer Valley School District
What can we expect Friday and into the weekend?
NBC 7's meteorologists are tracking the storm to bring you the latest weather updates. As of 4 a.m. Friday, this is your First Alert Weather forecast.
Friday:
- Drier, Most of the moisture moves out
- Possibility of a few isolated showers sticking around through late morning or early PM
Weekend:
- The weekend will be dry with a warming trend with high temperatures on Saturday several degrees warmer than Friday, with Sunday another several degrees warmer, the National Weather Service said.
