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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

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An Extreme Heat Warning for Orange County Coastal Areas is in effect until 8 PM PDT on October 8. The alert describes dangerously hot daytime temperatures and very warm nights, and includes guidance to reduce heat exposure.

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  • Affected location: Orange County Coastal Areas
  • An Extreme Heat Warning for Orange County Coastal Areas is in effect until 8 PM PDT on October 8.
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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The alert says heat-related illnesses increase significantly during extreme heat events and warns that unattended vehicles can become lethal for children and pets.

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Confidence
6/10
Geographic reach
2/10
Global importance
2/10
Impact magnitude
4/10
Urgency
7/10

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