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AEUS73 KFGF 121513
AQAFGF
AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO/GRAND FORKS ND
906 AM CDT TUE AUG 12 2025
MNZ001-002-004>009-013>017-022>024-027-028-032-140400-
EAST BECKER-EAST MARSHALL-EAST POLK-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 POLK-
INCLUDING THE TRIBAL NATIONS OF LEECH LAKE, RED LAKE, AND WHITE EARTH
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BEMIDJI, CROOKSTON, EAST GRAND FORKS, AND
ROSEAU
906 AM CDT TUE AUG 12 2025
..AIR QUALITY ALERT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
* 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...NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 11 PM CDT WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...SENSITIVE GROUPS, SUCH AS PEOPLE WITH LUNG DISEASE
(INCLUDING ASTHMA), HEART DISEASE, AND CHILDREN AND OLDER ADULTS, MAY
EXPERIENCE HEALTH EFFECTS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING A NARROW BAND OF
GROUND-LEVEL SMOKE FROM WILDFIRES IN CANADA INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA
TUESDAY MORNING. SMOKE WILL REACH AS FAR SOUTH AS DETROIT LAKES,
BRAINERD, AND HINCKLEY BY THE END OF THE DAY ON TUESDAY. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY AND WINDS WILL BECOME
LIGHT. GROUND-LEVEL SMOKE WILL STALL AND CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE
NORTHERN ONE-THIRD OF THE STATE ON WEDNESDAY. THE SMOKE SHOULD BEGIN
TO DISPERSE AND AIR QUALITY SHOULD IMPROVE BEGINNING WEDNESDAY
EVENING.
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.
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