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AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
221 PM EDT WED SEP 17 2025
INZ091-092-KYZ029>031-190400-
FLOYD-CLARK IN-BULLITT-JEFFERSON-OLDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF NEW ALBANY, JEFFERSONVILLE, SHEPHERDSVILLE,
LOUISVILLE, AND LA GRANGE
221 PM EDT WED SEP 17 2025
..AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT THURSDAY 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 THURSDAY NIGHT.
A CODE ORANGE AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR OZONE HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE
LOUISVILLE METRO AREA.
ORANGE: 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>079-083-084-089-090-190400-
ORANGE-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS-CRAWFORD-PERRY-
HARRISON IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PAOLI, SALEM, SCOTTSBURG, MADISON, JASPER,
ENGLISH, TELL CITY, AND CORYDON
221 PM EDT WED SEP 17 2025 /121 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2025/
..AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT THURSDAY NIGHT
THE OFFICIALS AT THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
HAVE CALLED FOR AN OZONE ACTION DAY ON WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 17 AND
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 18 FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT EDT THURSDAY NIGHT.
DUBOIS
PERRY
ORANGE
CRAWFORD
WASHINGTON
JEFFERSON
SCOTT
HARRISON
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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