296
AEUS73 KGLD 180610
AQAGLD
AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1110 PM MST WED DEC 17 2025
COC125-063-181600-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-
1110 PM MST WED DEC 17 2025
...AIR QUALITY HEALTH ADVISORY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FROM 1030 PM
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...EASTERN YUMA AND KIT CARSON COUNTIES. LOCATIONS INCLUDE,
BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WRAY, VERNON, IDALIA, AND BURLINGTON.
WHEN...1030 PM WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 17 TO 900 AM THURSDAY DECEMBER
18
IMPACTS...SMOKE FROM MULTIPLE WILDFIRES WILL IMPACT EASTERN
PORTIONS OF YUMA AND KIT CARSON COUNTIES WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND INTO
THURSDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SMOKE IS EXPECTED IN AREAS
DOWNWIND OF THESE FIRES, INCLUDING ALONG HIGHWAY 385 SOUTH OF WRAY
AND ALONG I-70 NEAR BURLINGTON.
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.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
Main Text Page