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AEUS73 KFGF 132156
AQAFGF
AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO/GRAND FORKS ND
407 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2025
MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-142300-
CLAY-EAST BECKER-EAST MARSHALL-EAST OTTER TAIL-EAST POLK-GRANT-
HUBBARD-KITTSON-LAKE OF THE WOODS-MAHNOMEN-NORMAN-NORTH BELTRAMI-
NORTH CLEARWATER-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-ROSEAU-SOUTH BELTRAMI-SOUTH
CLEARWATER-WADENA-WEST BECKER-WEST MARSHALL-WEST OTTER TAIL-WEST
POLK-WILKIN-
INCLUDING THE TRIBAL NATIONS OF LEECH LAKE, RED LAKE, AND WHITE EARTH
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BEMIDJI, CROOKSTON, EAST GRAND FORKS,
MOORHEAD, AND ROSEAU
407 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2025
..AIR QUALITY ALERT NOW 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 RED OR UNHEALTHY CATEGORY.
* WHERE...NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 6 PM 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...WILDFIRE SMOKE THAT IMPACTED THE STATE THIS
WEEKEND CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST AND HAS EXITED THE STATE. AIR QUALITY
HAS IMPROVED BELOW THE ALERT THRESHOLD FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA, AND
THEREFORE THE ALERT HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THIS PART OF THE STATE.
ANOTHER ROUND OF SMOKE HAS MOVED INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WILL
RESULT IN POOR AIR QUALITY ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING. THE CURRENT AIR QUALITY ALERT HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 6 PM
ON MONDAY. AIR QUALITY IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE RED (UNHEALTHY)
CATEGORY ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA FOR THE REMAINDER OF SUNDAY AND
FOR MONDAY.
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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