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Extreme Heat Warning — NWS San Diego CA

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Extreme Heat Warning issued October 6 at 12:33PM PDT until October 8 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS San Diego CA

Reported by U.S. National Weather Service Alerts NWS

A severe heat warning covers the Santa Ana Mountains and Foothills through 8 PM PDT October 8, with high temperatures in the 90s and warm nights. The source advises staying cool, drinking fluids, avoiding sun exposure, and checking on others.

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  • Affected location: Santa Ana Mountains and Foothills
Hot Creek is in eastern California's Long Valley Caldera, a large depression formed about 760,000 years ago during a large eruption of the Long Valley Volcano. The eruption produced large volumes of ash, air-fall pumice, and pyroclastic flow pumice. As the name suggests, Hot Creek's valley has hot springs - hydrothermal water emerges at the surface along an intracaldera extension of the Hilton Creek Fault. The bedrock in the Hot Creek area includes the Hot Creek Rhyolite Flow, a sanidine-augite-
Illustrative image: Hot Creek is in eastern California's Long Valley Caldera, a large depression formed about 760,000 years ago during a large eruption of the Long Valley Volcano. The eruption produced large volumes of ash, air-fall pumice, and pyroclastic flow pumice. As the name suggests, Hot Creek's valley has hot springs - hydrothermal water emerges at the surface along an intracaldera extension of the Hilton Creek Fault. The bedrock in the Hot Creek area includes the Hot Creek Rhyolite Flow, a sanidine-augite- — James St. John/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
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Why it matters

The source warns that heat-related illnesses increase during extreme heat and that car interiors can reach lethal temperatures within minutes.

Generated scores

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Confidence
6/10
Geographic reach
3/10
Global importance
2/10
Impact magnitude
3/10
Urgency
6/10

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