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AEUS75 KGJT 172310
AQAGJT
AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
510 PM MDT THU JUL 17 2025
COC077-029-085-181500-
MESA-DELTA-MONTROSE-
510 PM MDT THU JUL 17 2025
...AIR QUALITY HEALTH ADVISORY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FROM 900 AM
THURSDAY UNTIL 900 AM FRIDAY...
THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT HAS
ISSUED THE FOLLOWING...
WHAT...AIR QUALITY HEALTH ADVISORY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE.
WHERE...MESA, DELTA AND MONTROSE COUNTIES. LOCATIONS INCLUDE, BUT
ARE NOT LIMITED TO GRAND JUNCTION, DELTA, MONTROSE AND NUCLA.
WHEN...900 AM THURSDAY JULY 17 TO 900 AM FRIDAY JULY 18
IMPACTS...MULTIPLE WILDFIRES WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY SMOKE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
THE HEAVIEST SMOKE IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED IN LOCATIONS NEAR THE
FIRES. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY, WHICH MAY PRODUCE
GUSTY, ERRATIC WINDS THAT CAN SEND SMOKE IN ANY DIRECTION.
HEALTH INFORMATION...PUBLIC HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS: INCREASING
LIKELIHOOD OF RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS IN SENSITIVE INDIVIDUALS,
AGGRAVATION OF HEART OR LUNG DISEASE AND PREMATURE MORTALITY IN
PEOPLE WITH CARDIOPULMONARY DISEASE AND OLDER ADULTS. PEOPLE WITH
HEART OR LUNG DISEASE, OLDER ADULTS, AND CHILDREN SHOULD REDUCE
PROLONGED OR HEAVY EXERTION.
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