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AEUS75 KGJT 170411
AQAGJT
AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1010 PM MDT THU JUL 16 2026
COC111-085-053-113-091-171500-
SAN JUAN-MONTROSE-HINSDALE-SAN MIGUEL-OURAY-
1010 PM MDT THU JUL 16 2026
...AIR QUALITY HEALTH ADVISORY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FROM 900 AM
THURSDAY UNTIL 900 AM FRIDAY...
THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT HAS
ISSUED THE FOLLOWING...
WHAT...AIR QUALITY HEALTH ADVISORY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE.
WHERE...OURAY, SAN JUAN, HINSDALE, AND EASTERN MONTROSE AND SAN
MIGUEL COUNTIES. LOCATIONS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OURAY,
SILVERTON, LAKE CITY, MONTROSE, AND TELLURIDE.
WHEN...900 AM THURSDAY JULY 16 TO 900 AM FRIDAY JULY 17
IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SMOKE FROM THE GOLD MOUNTAIN FIRE AND
ELK FIRE IS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH AT LEAST
FRIDAY MORNING.
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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