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AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1105 AM EDT MON SEP 15 2025
INZ077>079-090>092-KYZ029>031-161600-
WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD-CLARK IN-
BULLITT-JEFFERSON-OLDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SALEM, SCOTTSBURG, MADISON, CORYDON,
NEW ALBANY, JEFFERSONVILLE, SHEPHERDSVILLE, LOUISVILLE,
AND LA GRANGE
1105 AM EDT MON SEP 15 2025
..AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TUESDAY NIGHT
THE LOUISVILLE METRO AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT AND THE INDIANA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT HAVE ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY
ALERT...IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TUESDAY NIGHT.
A CODE ORANGE AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR OZONE HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE
LOUISVILLE METRO AREA AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA.
MEMBERS OF SENSITIVE GROUPS MAY EXPERIENCE HEALTH EFFECTS. THE
GENERAL PUBLIC IS NOT LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED. SENSITIVE GROUPS INCLUDE
THE ELDERLY...CHILDREN...PERSONS WITH ASTHMA OR OTHER BREATHING
PROBLEMS...AND PERSONS WITH LUNG AND HEART DISEASE. PEOPLE IN THESE
GROUPS ARE ADVISED TO LIMIT THEIR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO REDUCE THEIR
EXPOSURE TO OZONE AND PARTICULATE POLLUTION.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT THE LOUISVILLE METRO AIR POLLUTION
CONTROL DISTRICT AT HTTP://WWW.LOUISVILLEKY.GOV/APCD OR THE INDIANA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AT HTTP://WWW.IN.GOV/IDEM.
INZ076-083-084-089-161600-
ORANGE-DUBOIS-CRAWFORD-PERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PAOLI, JASPER, ENGLISH, AND TELL CITY
1105 AM EDT MON SEP 15 2025 /1005 AM CDT MON SEP 15 2025/
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EDT
TUESDAY NIGHT...
THE OFFICIALS AT THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
HAVE CALLED FOR AN OZONE ACTION DAY ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2025
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT EDT TUESDAY NIGHT.
DUBOIS
PERRY
ORANGE
CRAWFORD
HERE ARE SOME RECOMMENDED ACTIONS THAT THE PUBLIC CAN TAKE TO REDUCE
OZONE FORMING EMISSIONS:
* WALK, BIKE, CARPOOL OR USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
* AVOID USING THE DRIVE-THROUGH AND COMBINE ERRANDS INTO ONE TRIP.
* AVOID REFUELING YOUR VEHICLE OR USING GASOLINE-POWERED LAWN
EQUIPMENT UNTIL AFTER 7 PM.
* TURN OFF YOUR ENGINE WHEN IDLING FOR MORE THAN 30 SECONDS.
* CONSERVE ENERGY BY TURNING OFF LIGHTS OR SETTING THE AIR
CONDITIONER TO 75 DEGREES OR ABOVE.
EBW
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