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AQAMPX
AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
453 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2025
MNZ041>045-047>052-054>070-073>077-082>085-091>093-132200-
ANOKA-BENTON-BLUE EARTH-BROWN-CARVER-CHIPPEWA-DAKOTA-DOUGLAS-
FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-HENNEPIN-ISANTI-KANABEC-KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI
PARLE-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-MCLEOD-MEEKER-MILLE LACS-MORRISON-NICOLLET-
POPE-RAMSEY-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-RICE-SCOTT-SHERBURNE-SIBLEY-STEARNS-
STEELE-STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD-WASECA-WASHINGTON-WATONWAN-WRIGHT-
YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE TRIBAL NATIONS OF MILLE LACS, PRAIRIE ISLAND, AND
UPPER SIOUX
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ALBERT LEA, ALEXANDRIA, APPLE VALLEY,
BLAINE, BLOOMINGTON, BROOKLYN PARK, BUFFALO, BURNSVILLE, EAGAN,
EDEN PRAIRIE, FARMINGTON, HASTINGS, MANKATO, MAPLE GROVE,
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNETONKA, NORTHFIELD, PLYMOUTH, PRIOR LAKE,
RAMSEY, ROGERS, ROSEMOUNT, ROSEVILLE, SHAKOPEE, ST. CLOUD, ST.
LOUIS PARK, ST. PAUL, STILLWATER, WACONIA, WHITE BEAR LAKE, AND
WOODBURY
453 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2025
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT TO 9 PM CDT
TUESDAY...
* WHAT...THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY HAS ISSUED AN AIR
QUALITY ALERT FOR OZONE POLLUTION. THE AIR QUALITY INDEX (AQI) IS
EXPECTED TO REACH THE ORANGE OR UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS
CATEGORY.
* WHERE...WEST CENTRAL, EAST CENTRAL, CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL,
SOUTHWEST, NORTH CENTRAL, AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.
* WHEN...FROM NOON CDT TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...SENSITIVE GROUPS, SUCH AS PEOPLE WITH LUNG DISEASE
(INCLUDING ASTHMA), HEART DISEASE, CHILDREN AND OLDER ADULTS, AND
PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTIVE OUTDOORS, MAY EXPERIENCE HEALTH EFFECTS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...GROUND-LEVEL OZONE IS EXPECTED TO BE HIGH
ONCE AGAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON TUESDAY ACROSS ROUGHLY
THE WESTERN TWO-THIRDS OF MINNESOTA, INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES
METRO. MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITY
WILL PROVIDE A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR TWO TYPES OF POLLUTANTS
(VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND NITROGEN OXIDES) TO REACT WITH
SUNLIGHT IN THE AIR TO PRODUCE GROUND-LEVEL OZONE. OZONE WILL
REMAIN ELEVATED ON WEDNESDAY AS SUNNY SKIES, WARM TEMPERATURES
AND DRY CONDITIONS PERSIST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SENSITIVE GROUPS, SUCH AS PEOPLE WITH LUNG DISEASE (INCLUDING
ASTHMA), HEART DISEASE, CHILDREN AND OLDER ADULTS, AND PEOPLE WHO
ARE ACTIVE OUTDOORS, SHOULD LIMIT PROLONGED OR HEAVY OUTDOOR
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.
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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