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AEUS73 KDLH 102054
AQADLH
AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
354 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2025
MNZ010-018-025-026-033>036-112300-
KOOCHICHING-NORTH ITASCA-NORTH CASS-SOUTH ITASCA-SOUTH CASS-
CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTH AITKIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF INTERNATIONAL FALLS, BIGFORK, WALKER,
GRAND RAPIDS, PINE RIVER, BRAINERD, HILL CITY, AND AITKIN
354 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2025
..AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CDT TO 6 PM CDT FRIDAY
* 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 RED OR UNHEALTHY CATEGORY.
* WHERE...NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
* WHEN...FROM 6 AM CDT TO 6 PM CDT FRIDAY.
* 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...HEAVY GROUND-LEVEL SMOKE FROM WILDFIRES IN
CENTRAL CANADA WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE FIRST BAND OF SMOKE WILL
QUICKLY MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA DURING THE DAY FRIDAY AND
REACH NORTHEAST MINNESOTA BY THE EVENING. A SECOND ROUND OF
SMOKE WILL REACH NORTHWEST MINNESOTA FRIDAY EVENING. THIS ROUND
OF SMOKE WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD AND MAY IMPACT THE NORTHERN
HALF OF THE STATE ON SATURDAY. THE ALERT MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED
TO COVER THE SECOND ROUND OF SMOKE. CLEANER AIR WILL MOVE INTO
THE STATE FROM THE WEST ON SUNDAY AND AIR QUALITY SHOULD IMPROVE
BEGINNING SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
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 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.
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