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AEUS73 KARX 301630
AQAARX
AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1130 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 2025
MNZ079-086>088-094>096-022300-
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WABASHA, DODGE CENTER, ROCHESTER, WINONA,
AUSTIN, PRESTON, AND CALEDONIA
1130 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 2025
..AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT MONDAY
* WHAT...THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY HAS ISSUED AN AIR
QUALITY ALERT FOR FINE PARTICLES POLLUTION. THE AIR QUALITY INDEX
(AQI) IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE ORANGE OR UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE
GROUPS CATEGORY.
* WHERE...SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA.
* WHEN...FROM 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...SENSITIVE GROUPS, SUCH AS PEOPLE WITH LUNG DISEASE
(INCLUDING ASTHMA), HEART DISEASE, AND CHILDREN AND OLDER ADULTS, MAY
EXPERIENCE HEALTH EFFECTS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO DRAG SMOKE FROM
LARGE WILDFIRES IN MANITOBA AND SASKATCHEWAN SOUTHWARD INTO
MINNESOTA. THIS WILL BE A LONG DURATION EVENT WITH MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF
SMOKE EXPECTED. THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF SMOKE IS EXPECTED
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE AIR QUALITY WILL IMPROVE SLIGHTLY OVERNIGHT
SATURDAY BEFORE A SECOND WAVE OF SMOKE ARRIVES SUNDAY MORNING. AIR
QUALITY MAY IMPROVE SUNDAY EVENING BEFORE A THIRD ROUND OF SMOKE
ARRIVES MONDAY. THIS AIR QUALITY ALERT MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED AS
ADDITIONAL WAVES OF SMOKE WILL BE POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SENSITIVE GROUPS, SUCH AS PEOPLE WITH LUNG DISEASE (INCLUDING
ASTHMA), HEART DISEASE, AND CHILDREN AND OLDER ADULTS, SHOULD LIMIT
PROLONGED OR HEAVY EXERTION.
REDUCE OR ELIMINATE ACTIVITIES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO AIR POLLUTION, SUCH
AS OUTDOOR BURNING, AND USE OF RESIDENTIAL WOOD BURNING DEVICES.
REDUCE VEHICLE TRIPS AND VEHICLE IDLING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
KEEP WINDOWS CLOSED OVERNIGHT TO PREVENT SMOKE FROM GETTING INDOORS.
FOR INFORMATION ON CURRENT AIR QUALITY CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA AND TO
SIGN UP FOR DAILY AIR QUALITY FORECASTS AND ALERT NOTIFICATIONS BY
EMAIL, TEXT MESSAGE, PHONE, OR THE EPA AIRNOW MOBILE APP, VISIT
HTTPS://WWW.PCA.STATE.MN.US/AIR-WATER-LAND-CLIMATE/CURRENT-AIR-
QUALITY-CONDITIONS. YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT HEALTH
AND AIR QUALITY AT HTTPS://WWW.PCA.STATE.MN.US/AIR-WATER-LAND-
CLIMATE/AIR-QUALITY-AND-HEALTH.
APF
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