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AEUS73 KGLD 211511
AQAGLD
AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
910 AM MDT SUN MAY 21 2023
COC063-125-017-212200-
KIT CARSON-YUMA-CHEYENNE-
910 AM MDT SUN MAY 21 2023
...AIR QUALITY HEALTH ADVISORY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FROM 900 AM
SUNDAY UNTIL 400 PM SUNDAY...
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, CHEYENNE, EL PASO, KIOWA, BENT,
PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES. LOCATIONS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED
TO JULESBURG, STERLING, HOLYOKE, FORT MORGAN, WRAY, AKRON, KIOWA,
BURLINGTON, LIMON, CHEYENNE WELLS, COLORADO SPRINGS, EADS, LAS
ANIMAS, LAMAR AND SPRINGFIELD.
WHEN...900 AM SUNDAY MAY 21 TO 400 PM SUNDAY MAY 21
IMPACTS...SEVERAL LARGE WILDFIRES ARE BURNING IN CANADA, RESULTING
IN HEAVY SMOKE ACROSS SEVERAL STATES INCLUDING THE EASTERN HALF OF
COLORADO. ALTHOUGH GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
ACROSS MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA, LINGERING HEALTH IMPACTS WILL
REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO THE
RECENT EXPOSURE TO HEAVY SMOKE.
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 THE ELDERLY. 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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