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AEUS73 KDMX 011738  
AQAIA  
 
AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE  
IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES  
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
1238 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2025  
 
IAZ001>099-031300-  
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-MITCHELL-  
HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-  
CERRO GORDO-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-  
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-  
WOODBURY-IDA-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-  
BLACK HAWK-BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-MONONA-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-  
GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-  
HARRISON-SHELBY-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-IOWA-  
JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-POTTAWATTAMIE-CASS-ADAIR-  
MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-MILLS-  
MONTGOMERY-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-JEFFERSON-  
HENRY-DES MOINES-FREMONT-PAGE-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-  
APPANOOSE-DAVIS-VAN BUREN-LEE-  
1238 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2025  
 
THE IOWA DNR IS EXTENDING THE AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR ALL OF IOWA  
THROUGH 8 AM SUNDAY.  
 
MODERATE TO HEAVY SMOKE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IMPACTING MOST OF  
IOWA AT LEVELS CONSIDERED UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS OR EVEN  
UNHEALTHY FOR HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS. SENSITIVE GROUPS INCLUDE PEOPLE  
WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESS OR HEART DISEASE, CHILDREN, TEENAGERS,  
THE ELDERLY, AND OUTDOOR WORKERS.  
 
THE DNR RECOMMENDS THAT PEOPLE AVOID LONG OR INTENSE OUTDOOR  
ACTIVITIES AND TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS UNTIL THE AIR QUALITY  
IMPROVES.  
 

 
 
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