Local brief
Coastal Flood Warning: Orange County, CA, as Tropical Storm Rachel moves in (through 3 p.m. PT Sunday)
The National Weather Service has Orange County, California, under a Coastal Flood Warning until 3 p.m. PT Sunday, Oct. 11, tied to Tropical Storm Rachel. Stay off beaches at high tide.
The National Weather Service office in San Diego, CA has a Coastal Flood Warning for parts of Orange County until 3 p.m. PT Sunday, Oct. 11. NWS says it covers san Diego County Coastal Areas and Orange County Coastal Areas. For the Coastal Flood Warning through Sunday afternoon, significant coastal flooding and erosion is likely. For the Beach Hazards Statement from Sunday morning until Sunday evening, surf of 5 to 7 feet with local sets up to 9 feet. For the Coastal Flood Advisory from Sunday afternoon until Tuesday afternoon, minor coastal flooding expected.
Power outages: 479 customers in Orange County were without power as of 4:35 p.m. PT Saturday, Oct. 10 (SCE 479; utility outage maps). The full county table is in the Power outages section of the Rachel paper.
At 11 a.m. PT Saturday, Oct. 10, the National Hurricane Center (NHC Intermediate Advisory 54A) placed Tropical Storm Rachel about 490 miles south-southwest of San Diego, California, moving northeast at 22 mph with top sustained winds near 60 mph. A northeastward to north-northeastward motion with a further increase in forward speed is expected through Sunday. On the forecast track, the center of Rachel is expected to approach northern Baja California today and move onshore tonight.
What to do: Stay off beaches, jetties and sea walls around high tide, keep out of the water, and do not drive through flooded beach roads or around barricades.
Follow Rachel advisory by advisory, with every county watch and warning: https://noticenearby.com/papers/tropical-storm-rachel-2026
Sources: NWS San Diego CA Coastal Flood Warning via api.weather.gov (https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f7f40adeb700c5327fccc1cb8bb7595889537f2d.001.1); NOAA National Hurricane Center (https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/MIATCPEP3.shtml). Notice Nearby wrote this brief in its own words. More Orange County notices: https://noticenearby.com/ca/orange
Source: the public notice on this register NN-ENV-ca-orange-tropical-storm-rachel-2026-10-1 · NWS San Diego CA · National Hurricane Center.
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