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AEUS75 KBOU 012210  
AQABOU  
 
AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE  
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT  
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOULDER CO  
410 PM MDT WED JUL 1 2026  
 
COC013-035-123-059-031-005-014-069-001-022200-  
BOULDER-DOUGLAS-WELD-JEFFERSON-DENVER-ARAPAHOE-BROOMFIELD-  
LARIMER-ADAMS-  
410 PM MDT WED JUL 1 2026  
 
...ACTION DAY FOR MULTIPLE POLLUTANTS FROM 400 PM WEDNESDAY UNTIL  
400 PM THURSDAY...  
 
THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT HAS  
ISSUED THE FOLLOWING...  
 
WHAT...ACTION DAY FOR MULTIPLE POLLUTANTS.  
 
WHERE...DOUGLAS, JEFFERSON, DENVER, WESTERN ARAPAHOE, WESTERN  
ADAMS, BROOMFIELD, BOULDER, LARIMER, AND WELD COUNTIES  
 
WHEN...400 PM WEDNESDAY JULY 01 TO 400 PM THURSDAY JULY 02  
 
IMPACTS...ACTION DAY FOR MULTIPLE POLLUTANTS IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR  
THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR. ELEVATED LEVELS OF MULTIPLE  
POLLUTANTS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHERN FRONT RANGE REGION  
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. CONCENTRATIONS OF BOTH OZONE AND FINE  
PARTICULATES MAY REACH THE UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS CATEGORY  
AT TIMES ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. FOR COLORADO AIR QUALITY  
CONDITIONS, FORECASTS, AND ADVISORIES, VISIT:  
HTTPS://WWW.COLORADO.GOV/AIRQUALITY/COLORADO_SUMMARY.ASPX IF  
POSSIBLE, PLEASE HELP US REDUCE OZONE POLLUTION BY LIMITING  
DRIVING GAS AND DIESEL-POWERED VEHICLES UNTIL AT LEAST 4 P.M.  
THURSDAY, JULY 2, 2026. COLORADO IS ALSO ADDRESSING OZONE  
POLLUTION THROUGH STATE POLICIES. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT  
HEALTH IMPACTS AND HOW OZONE POLLUTION FORMS IN COLORADO, VISIT:  
HTTPS://CDPHE.COLORADO.GOV/OZONE- POLLUTION-AND-YOUR-HEALTH  
 
HEALTH INFORMATION...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.  
 
 
 
COC049-093-117-047-019-021500-  
GRAND-PARK-SUMMIT-GILPIN-CLEAR CREEK-  
410 PM MDT WED JUL 1 2026  
 
...AIR QUALITY HEALTH ADVISORY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FROM 900 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...MOFFAT, ROUTT, JACKSON, GRAND, RIO BLANCO, GARFIELD,  
EAGLE, SUMMIT, GILPIN, CLEAR CREEK, MESA, PITKIN, LAKE, PARK,  
DELTA, GUNNISON, CHAFFEE, MONTROSE, OURAY, SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES,  
AND NORTHERN PARTS OF MONTEZUMA AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES. LOCATIONS  
INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CRAIG, STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, WALDEN,  
GRANBY, HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS, KREMMLING, MEEKER, RANGELY, GLENWOOD  
SPRINGS, EAGLE, VAIL, BRECKENRIDGE, CENTRAL CITY, GEORGETOWN,  
GRAND JUNCTION, ASPEN, LEADVILLE, FAIRPLAY, DELTA, GUNNISON, BUENA  
VISTA, SALIDA, MONTROSE, NUCLA, OURAY, TELLURIDE, DOVE CREEK, AND  
SAGUACHE.  
 
WHEN...900 AM WEDNESDAY JULY 01 TO 900 AM THURSDAY JULY 02  
 
IMPACTS...AREAS DOWNWIND OF LARGE FIRES IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO  
AND SOUTHEASTERN UTAH COULD HAVE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY  
SMOKE THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY MORNING.  
 
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.  
 
 
 
COC039-021500-  
ELBERT-  
410 PM MDT WED JUL 1 2026  
 
...AIR QUALITY HEALTH ADVISORY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FROM 900 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...FREMONT, TELLER, HUERFANO, PUEBLO, EL PASO, ELBERT, AND  
EASTERN CUSTER COUNTIES. LOCATIONS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO  
CANON CITY, CRIPPLE CREEK, WALSENBURG, BEULAH, RYE, PUEBLO,  
COLORADO SPRINGS, AND KIOWA.  
 
WHEN...900 AM WEDNESDAY JULY 01 TO 900 AM THURSDAY JULY 02  
 
IMPACTS...AREAS DOWNWIND OF THE ASPEN ACRES AND SHEEP HEAD FIRES  
COULD HAVE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SMOKE THROUGH AT LEAST  
THURSDAY MORNING.  
 
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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