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AEUS73 KGLD 131311
AQAGLD
AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
710 AM MDT FRI MAR 13 2026
COC125-063-017-132200-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE-
710 AM MDT FRI MAR 13 2026
...AIR QUALITY HEALTH ADVISORY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FROM 700 AM
FRIDAY UNTIL 400 PM FRIDAY...
THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT HAS
ISSUED THE FOLLOWING...
WHAT...AIR QUALITY HEALTH ADVISORY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE.
WHERE...LARIMER, WELD, MORGAN, LOGAN, SEDGWICK, PHILLIPS,
WASHINGTON, YUMA, LINCOLN, KIT CARSON, CHEYENNE, CROWLEY, OTERO,
KIOWA, BENT, PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES. LOCATIONS INCLUDE, BUT ARE
NOT LIMITED TO FORT COLLINS, GREELEY, FORT MORGAN, STERLING,
JULESBURG, HOLYOKE, AKRON, WRAY, LIMON, BURLINGTON, CHEYENNE
WELLS, ORDWAY, LA JUNTA, EADS, LAS ANIMAS, LAMAR AND SPRINGFIELD.
WHEN...700 AM FRIDAY MARCH 13 TO 400 PM FRIDAY MARCH 13
IMPACTS...SMOKE FROM OUT-OF-STATE WILDFIRES WILL IMPACT THE
ADVISORY AREA ON FRIDAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE FRIDAY MORNING
ACROSS NORTHEASTERN COLORADO, BUT SMOKE COULD LINGER INTO THE
AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
HEALTH INFORMATION...PUBLIC HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS: IF SMOKE IS
THICK OR BECOMES THICK IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD YOU MAY WANT TO REMAIN
INDOORS. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR THOSE WITH HEART DISEASE,
RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES, THE VERY YOUNG, AND OLDER ADULTS. CONSIDER
LIMITING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY WHEN MODERATE TO HEAVY SMOKE IS PRESENT.
CONSIDER RELOCATING TEMPORARILY IF SMOKE IS PRESENT INDOORS AND IS
MAKING YOU ILL. IF VISIBILITY IS LESS THAN 5 MILES IN SMOKE IN
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, SMOKE HAS REACHED LEVELS THAT ARE UNHEALTHY.
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