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AEUS73 KGLD 010410
AQAGLD
AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1010 PM MDT WED JUL 31 2024
COC063-125-017-011500-
KIT CARSON-YUMA-CHEYENNE-
1010 PM MDT WED JUL 31 2024
...AIR QUALITY HEALTH ADVISORY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FROM 800 AM
WEDNESDAY UNTIL 900 AM THURSDAY...
THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT HAS
ISSUED THE FOLLOWING...
WHAT...AIR QUALITY HEALTH ADVISORY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE.
WHERE...SEDGWICK, LOGAN, PHILLIPS, MORGAN, YUMA, WASHINGTON,
ELBERT, KIT CARSON, LINCOLN AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES. LOCATIONS
INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JULESBURG, STERLING, HOLYOKE, FORT
MORGAN, WRAY, AKRON, KIOWA, BURLINGTON, LIMON AND CHEYENNE WELLS.
WHEN...800 AM WEDNESDAY JULY 31 TO 900 AM THURSDAY AUGUST 01
IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD WILDFIRE SMOKE WILL IMPACT THE ADVISORY AREA
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING. CONCENTRATIONS OF
SMOKE ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO DECREASE ON THURSDAY.
HEALTH INFORMATION...PUBLIC HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS: IF SMOKE IS
THICK OR BECOMES THICK IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD YOU MAY WANT TO REMAIN
INDOORS. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR THOSE WITH HEART DISEASE,
RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES, THE VERY YOUNG, AND OLDER ADULTS. CONSIDER
LIMITING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY WHEN MODERATE TO HEAVY SMOKE IS PRESENT.
CONSIDER RELOCATING TEMPORARILY IF SMOKE IS PRESENT INDOORS AND IS
MAKING YOU ILL. IF VISIBILITY IS LESS THAN 5 MILES IN SMOKE IN
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, SMOKE HAS REACHED LEVELS THAT ARE UNHEALTHY.
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