856  
AEUS76 KOTX 132247  
AQAOTX  
 
AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE  
WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY  
COLVILLE CONFEDERATED TRIBES  
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY  
IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY LEWISTON ID  
NEZ PERCE TRIBE  
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA  
328 PM PDT THU AUG 13 2026  
 
WAC003-007-017-019-023-025-047-065-142300-  
ASOTIN-CHELAN-DOUGLAS-FERRY-GARFIELD-GRANT-OKANOGAN-STEVENS-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CLARKSTON, ASOTIN, ANATONE, WENATCHEE,  
LEAVENWORTH, CASHMERE, ENTIAT, CHELAN, MANSON, PLAIN,  
EAST WENATCHEE, BRIDGEPORT, WATERVILLE, DOUGLAS, REPUBLIC,  
INCHELIUM, KELLER, CURLEW, DANVILLE, LAURIER, POMEROY, MOSES LAKE,  
EPHRATA, QUINCY, MATTAWA, ROYAL CITY, COULEE CITY, OMAK, OKANOGAN,  
TONASKET, BREWSTER, OROVILLE, MAZAMA, WINTHROP, METHOW, TWISP,  
CONCONULLY, COLVILLE, CHEWELAH, KETTLE FALLS, SPRINGDALE,  
AND NORTHPORT  
347 PM PDT THU AUG 13 2026  
 
AN AIR QUALITY ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES:  
 
WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY  
 
AN AIR QUALITY ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ASOTIN, CHELAN, DOUGLAS,  
FERRY, GARFIELD, GRANT, OKANOGAN, AND STEVENS COUNTIES UNTIL FURTHER  
NOTICE DUE TO CURRENT AND EXPECTED SMOKE FROM REGIONAL FIRES.  
PARTICULATE MATTER (PM2.5) MAY REACH UNHEALTHY LEVELS FOR AREAS  
DIRECTLY DOWNWIND FROM ACTIVE WILDFIRES. OTHER AREAS MAY REACH  
UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS OR WORSE. WHILE OCCASIONAL CLEARING IS  
POSSIBLE DURING PERIODS OF STRONGER WINDS, SMOKE PRODUCTION  
CONTINUES TO BE SIGNIFICANT FROM REGIONAL FIRES. BE SURE TO CHECK AIR  
MONITORS IN YOUR AREA BEFORE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.  
 
WHEN AIR QUALITY IS UNHEALTHY, EVERYONE SHOULD REDUCE EXPOSURE.  
LIMIT TIME OUTSIDE, AVOID STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITY, AND FOLLOW TIPS  
FOR CLEANER INDOOR AIR.  
 

 
 
IDC061-069-142300-  
LEWIS-NEZ PERCE-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF KAMIAH, CRAIGMONT, NEZPERCE, WINCHESTER,  
LEWISTON, LAPWAI, PECK, CULDESAC, AND GIFFORD  
347 PM PDT THU AUG 13 2026  
 
AN AIR QUALITY ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES:  
 
NEZ PERCE TRIBE  
 
THE AIR QUALITY ADVISORY ISSUED FOR THE NEZ PERCE RESERVATION REMAINS  
IN EFFECT. WILDFIRE SMOKE MAY MOVE IN AND OUT OF THE AREA DEPENDING  
ON FIRE AND WIND ACTIVITY; SOME AREAS MAY BE MORE IMPACTED THAN  
OTHERS.  
 
THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN LIFTED FOR AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE NEZ PERCE  
RESERVATION IN LEWIS AND NEZ PERCE COUNTIES.  
 

 
 
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