360  
AEUS75 KPSR 151538  
AQAPSR  
 
AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE  
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ  
838 AM MST SUN SEP 15 2024  
 
CAZ562-566-567-170700-  
IMPERIAL COUNTY SOUTHWEST-IMPERIAL COUNTY WEST-IMPERIAL VALLEY-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MOUNTAIN SPRING, COOLIDGE SPRINGS,  
SALTON CITY, WINONA, COYOTE WELLS, OCOTILLO, PLASTER CITY,  
EL CENTRO, CALEXICO, ALAMORIO, AND BRAWLEY  
838 AM PDT SUN SEP 15 2024  
 
...AIR QUALITY ALERT DUE TO ELEVATED PARTICLE POLLUTION LEVELS FROM  
WINDBLOWN DUST...  
 
THE IMPERIAL COUNTY APCD HAS ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY ALERT DUE TO  
INCREASED PARTICLE POLLUTION FROM BLOWING DUST. THE AIR QUALITY  
ALERT IS IN EFFECT MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2024, FROM 10:00 AM UNTIL  
MIDNIGHT.  
 
IN AREAS DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY HIGH LEVELS OF WINDBLOWN DUST, LIMIT  
YOUR EXPOSURE BY REMAINING INDOORS WITH WINDOWS AND DOORS CLOSED AND  
AVOIDING VIGOROUS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. RUN YOUR AIR CONDITIONER OR AN  
AIR PURIFIER. IF TEMPERATURES ALLOW, AVOID USING WHOLE HOUSE FANS OR  
SWAMP COOLERS THAT BRING IN OUTSIDE AIR.  
 
EXPOSURE TO HIGH PARTICLE POLLUTION LEVELS CAN CAUSE SERIOUS HEALTH  
PROBLEMS, INCLUDING ASTHMA ATTACKS, HEART AND LUNG DISEASE SYMPTOMS,  
AND INCREASED RISK OF RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS. PEOPLE WITH HEART OR  
LUNG DISEASES SHOULD FOLLOW THEIR DOCTOR'S ADVICE FOR DEALING WITH  
EPISODES OF UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY. CHILDREN, OLDER ADULTS, AND  
PEOPLE WITH RESPIRATORY OR HEART DISEASE SHOULD AVOID PROLONGED  
EXPOSURE AND STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES WHEN PARTICLE POLLUTION LEVELS ARE  
HIGH.  
 
TO HELP MINIMIZE OUTDOOR PARTICLE POLLUTION LEVELS:  
* CARPOOL, TELECOMMUTE, REDUCE TRIPS, OR TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION  
* SLOW DOWN IF DRIVING ON DIRT ROADS  
* STABILIZE LOOSE SOILS  
 
LEVELS OF PARTICLE POLLUTION CAN VARY HOUR BY HOUR AND BY LOCATION  
DEPENDING ON WIND CONDITIONS.  
 
TO VIEW CURRENT AND FORECAST AIR QUALITY WITHIN IMPERIAL COUNTY  
VISIT THE IMPERIAL COUNTY AIR QUALITY WEBSITE AT  
HTTP://WWW.IMPERIALVALLEYAIR.ORG/ OR FOLLOW ICAPCD ON TWITTER,  
FACEBOOK OR INSTAGRAM (@COUNTY_AIR).  
 

 
 
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