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AEUS73 KGID 251707
AQAGID
AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1207 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2024
NEZ060-061-072-073-082-083-261400-
DAWSON-BUFFALO-GOSPER-PHELPS-FURNAS-HARLAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LEXINGTON, COZAD, WILLOW ISLAND,
GOTHENBURG, KEARNEY, ELWOOD, JOHNSON LAKE, HOLDREGE, CAMBRIDGE,
ARAPAHOE, OXFORD, BEAVER CITY, HOLLINGER, ALMA, AND ORLEANS
1207 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2024
THE FOLLOWING IS TRANSMITTED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE NEBRASKA
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND THE NEBRASKA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY...
WHAT...AIR QUALITY ALERT
WHERE...WESTERN NEBRASKA
WHEN...07/25/2024 1:00 PM UNTIL 07/26/2024 9:00 AM
POLLUTANT...PM 2.5 PARTICULATES
AIR QUALITY INDEX...MODERATE TO UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS
ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
AN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE MODERATE (AIR QUALITY INDEX YELLOW CATEGORY)
TO UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS (AIR QUALITY INDEX ORANGE
CATEGORY) DUE TO SMOKE HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING NEBRASKA
COUNTIES: ARTHUR, BANNER, BLAINE, BOX BUTTE, BROWN, BUFFALO,
CHASE, CHERRY, CHEYENNE, CUSTER, DAWES, DAWSON, DEUEL, DUNDY,
FRONTIER, FURNAS, GARDEN, GOSPER, GRANT, HARLAN, HAYES, HITCHCOCK,
HOOKER, KEITH, KEYA PAHA, KIMBALL, LINCOLN, LOGAN, LOUP,
MCPHERSON, MORRILL, PERKINS, PHELPS, RED WILLOW, ROCK, SCOTTS
BLUFF, SHERIDAN, SIOUX, THOMAS FROM JULY 25, 2024 1:00 PM THROUGH
JULY 26, 2024 9:00 AM.
DURING MODERATE AQI (YELLOW CATEGORY) CONDITIONS, THOSE WHO ARE
UNUSUALLY SENSITIVE TO PARTICLE POLLUTION MAY EXPERIENCE HEALTH
EFFECTS. WHEN CONDITIONS RISE TO THE YELLOW CATEGORY, THOSE WHO
ARE UNUSUALLY SENSITIVE ARE ADVISED TO CONSIDER SHORTENING OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES AND REDUCING THE INTENSITY OF THESE ACTIVITIES.
SYMPTOMS SUCH AS COUGHING OR SHORTNESS OF BREATH ARE SIGNS TO TAKE
IT EASIER.
DURING UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS AQI (ORANGE CATEGORY)
CONDITIONS, MEMBERS OF SENSITIVE GROUPS MAY EXPERIENCE HEALTH
EFFECTS. SENSITIVE GROUPS INCLUDE PEOPLE WITH HEART OR LUNG
DISEASE, OLDER ADULTS, AND CHILDREN. WHEN CONDITIONS RISE TO THE
ORANGE CATEGORY, SENSITIVE GROUPS ARE ADVISED TO REDUCE PROLONGED
OR HEAVY EXERTION AND AVOID INTENSE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.
SMOKE FROM WILDFIRES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND CANADA MAY
AFFECT THE AIR QUALITY IN NEBRASKA. SMOKE LEVELS AND WIND
DIRECTIONS ARE MONITORED BY NEBRASKA AND OTHER STATES TO PREDICT
WHEN IMPACTS TO THE AIR QUALITY MAY OCCUR.
INFORMATION REGARDING WILDFIRES AND IMPACTS IN NEBRASKA IS
AVAILABLE FROM THE NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
(NDEE) AT HTTP://DEE.NE.GOV/NDEQPROG.NSF/ONWEB/AIRSA-3
ALERTS ARE BASED ON DATA AVAILABLE FROM WEATHER FORECASTS, SMOKE
PLUME MODELING, SATELLITE IMAGERY, AND FROM AIR QUALITY MONITORS
LOCATED IN OMAHA, BELLEVUE, BLAIR, LINCOLN, BEATRICE, GRAND
ISLAND, AND SCOTTSBLUFF.
ADVISORIES FOR SMOKE AND AIR QUALITY ARE ISSUED FOR AFFECTED AREAS
BY THE NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS) AND
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY (NDEE) AND POSTED ON AGENCY
WEBPAGES AND SOCIAL MEDIA SITES. BY NOTIFYING THE MEDIA AND LOCAL
HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, ALERTS HELP CITIZENS PROTECT THEIR HEALTH BY
INFORMING THEM OF DAYS WHERE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE REDUCED
OR AVOIDED TO MINIMIZE EXPOSURE TO SMOKE.
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