986  
AEUS73 KFSD 100430 CCA  
AQAFSD  
 
AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE...CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME IN HEADER  
MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY  
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS, SD  
119 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2025  
 
MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-121400-  
LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF TYLER, HENDRICKS, LAKE BENTON, IVANHOE,  
MARSHALL, SLAYTON, FULDA, WINDOM, MOUNTAIN LAKE, WORTHINGTON,  
JACKSON, LAKEFIELD, PIPESTONE, AND LUVERNE  
119 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2025  
 
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CDT SUNDAY TO 9 AM CDT  
TUESDAY...  
 
* WHAT...THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY HAS ISSUED AN AIR  
QUALITY ALERT FOR FINE PARTICLES POLLUTION. THE AIR QUALITY INDEX  
(AQI) IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE ORANGE OR UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE  
GROUPS CATEGORY.  
 
* WHERE...WEST CENTRAL, EAST CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL, SOUTHWEST,  
SOUTHEAST, AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 9 AM CDT SUNDAY TO 9 AM CDT TUESDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...SENSITIVE GROUPS, SUCH AS PEOPLE WITH LUNG DISEASE  
(INCLUDING ASTHMA), HEART DISEASE, AND CHILDREN AND OLDER ADULTS,  
MAY EXPERIENCE HEALTH EFFECTS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...HEAVY SURFACE SMOKE FROM MANY WILDFIRES  
ACROSS CENTRAL SASKATCHEWAN AND MANITOBA WILL WRAP AROUND THE  
BACKSIDE OF AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THIS WEEKEND, AS THE  
LOW MOVES EAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA. POOR AIR QUALITY WILL  
MOST LIKELY IMPACT WESTERN MINNESOTA BEGINNING SUNDAY MORNING,  
AND THEN EXPAND FURTHER EAST THROUGH THE EVENING. HEAVY SMOKE  
SHOULD THEN DISPERSE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE STATE FROM  
MONDAY INTO TUESDAY MORNING.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SENSITIVE GROUPS, SUCH AS PEOPLE WITH LUNG DISEASE (INCLUDING  
ASTHMA), HEART DISEASE, AND CHILDREN AND OLDER ADULTS, SHOULD  
LIMIT PROLONGED OR HEAVY EXERTION. REDUCE OR ELIMINATE ACTIVITIES  
THAT CONTRIBUTE TO AIR POLLUTION, SUCH AS OUTDOOR BURNING, AND  
USE OF RESIDENTIAL WOOD BURNING DEVICES. REDUCE VEHICLE TRIPS AND  
VEHICLE IDLING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. KEEP WINDOWS CLOSED OVERNIGHT  
TO PREVENT SMOKE FROM GETTING INDOORS.  
 

 
 
FOR INFORMATION ON CURRENT AIR QUALITY CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA  
AND TO SIGN UP FOR DAILY AIR QUALITY FORECASTS AND ALERT  
NOTIFICATIONS BY EMAIL, TEXT MESSAGE, PHONE, OR THE EPA AIRNOW  
MOBILE APP, VISIT HTTPS://WWW.PCA.STATE.MN.US/AIR-WATER-LAND-  
CLIMATE/CURRENT-AIR-QUALITY-CONDITIONS. YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL  
INFORMATION ABOUT HEALTH AND AIR QUALITY AT  
HTTPS://WWW.PCA.STATE.MN.US/AIR-WATER-LAND- CLIMATE/AIR-QUALITY-  
AND-HEALTH.  
 

 
 
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