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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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