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AEUS73 KDLH 111951
AQADLH
AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
251 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2025
MNZ025-033>038-130400-
NORTH CASS-SOUTH CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTH AITKIN-
CARLTON AND SOUTH ST. LOUIS-PINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WALKER, PINE RIVER, BRAINERD, HILL CITY,
AITKIN, DULUTH, PINE CITY, AND HINCKLEY
251 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2025
..AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THURSDAY
* 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...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 11 PM CDT THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...SENSITIVE GROUPS, SUCH AS PEOPLE WITH LUNG DISEASE
(INCLUDING ASTHMA), HEART DISEASE, AND CHILDREN AND OLDER
ADULTS, MAY EXPERIENCE HEALTH EFFECTS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...SMOKE FROM WILDFIRES IN NORTHWEST CANADA
HAS MOVED INTO NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THIS
SMOKE IS BEGINNING TO MIX TO THE GROUND AND FINE PARTICLE
LEVELS HAVE CLIMBED INTO THE UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS AQI
CATEGORY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THIS SMOKE WILL
LINGER ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT WILL STALL OVER THE
SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE. RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THIS
SAME REGION THROUGH THURSDAY AND THIS MAY HELP REDUCE SMOKE
LEVELS IN SOME AREAS. HOWEVER, IT'S POSSIBLE THIS SMOKE MAY
LINGER THROUGH THE END OF THE DAY ON THURSDAY.
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.
MNPCA/HUYCK
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