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AEUS73 KDLH 210440
AQADLH
AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1140 PM CDT SUN JUL 20 2025
MNZ010-018-025-026-033>038-211400-
KOOCHICHING-NORTH ITASCA-NORTH CASS-SOUTH ITASCA-SOUTH CASS-
CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTH AITKIN-
CARLTON AND SOUTH ST. LOUIS-PINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF INTERNATIONAL FALLS, BIGFORK, WALKER,
GRAND RAPIDS, PINE RIVER, BRAINERD, HILL CITY, AITKIN, DULUTH,
PINE CITY, AND HINCKLEY
1140 PM CDT SUN JUL 20 2025
..AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT MONDAY
* WHAT...THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY HAS CONTINUED AN
AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR FINE PARTICLES POLLUTION. THE AIR QUALITY
INDEX (AQI) IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE RED OR UNHEALTHY CATEGORY.
* WHERE...EAST CENTRAL, NORTH CENTRAL, AND NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 9 AM CDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...SOME MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC MAY EXPERIENCE
HEALTH EFFECTS. SENSITIVE GROUPS, SUCH AS PEOPLE WITH LUNG
DISEASE (INCLUDING ASTHMA), HEART DISEASE, AND CHILDREN AND
OLDER ADULTS, MAY EXPERIENCE HEALTH EFFECTS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SURFACE SMOKE FROM
CANADIAN WILDFIRES WILL REMAIN DRAPED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN
AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE RETREATING BACK
NORTH AND EXITING THE REGION THROUGH THE MORNING ON MONDAY.
BASED ON THE LATEST OBSERVATIONS AND MODEL DATA, THE AIR QUALITY
ALERT HAS BEEN EXPANDED A BIT FURTHER SOUTH INTO CENTRAL
MINNESOTA, AND HAS BEEN CANCELLED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEASTERN
MINNESOTA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SENSITIVE GROUPS, SUCH AS PEOPLE WITH LUNG DISEASE (INCLUDING
ASTHMA), HEART DISEASE, AND CHILDREN AND OLDER ADULTS, SHOULD
AVOID PROLONGED OR HEAVY EXERTION. THE GENERAL PUBLIC 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 IRON
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.
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