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AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1019 AM MDT MON OCT 7 2024
WYZ101>103-105>108-110-115>119-081900-
CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NIOBRARA COUNTY-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-
SHIRLEY BASIN-CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY-
EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-
LARAMIE VALLEY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-
CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BILL, DOUGLAS, DEER CREEK, GLENROCK, LUSK,
REDBIRD, GARRETT, MEDICINE BOW, SHIRLEY BASIN, BORDEAUX, WHEATLAND,
GUERNSEY, TORRINGTON, ARLINGTON, ELK MOUNTAIN, BOSLER, LARAMIE,
BUFORD, PUMPKIN VINE, VEDAUWOO, WHITAKER, FEDERAL, HORSE CREEK,
CHEYENNE, AND PINE BLUFFS
1019 AM MDT MON OCT 7 2024
..AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM MDT TUESDAY
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED ON BEHALF OF THE WYOMING
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, AIR QUALITY DIVISION AND THE
WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
WHAT...AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE.
WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING, INCLUDING CHEYENNE, LARAMIE,
TORRINGTON, WHEATLAND, DOUGLAS, AND LUSK.
WHEN...11 AM MONDAY THROUGH 1 PM TUESDAY.
IMPACTS...POOR AIR QUALITY FROM HEAVY SMOKE FROM THE PACK TRAIL AND
ELK FIRES IN WYOMING.
HEALTH INFORMATION...THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RECOMMENDS THE
ELDERLY, YOUNG CHILDREN, AND INDIVIDUALS WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS
AVOID EXCESSIVE PHYSICAL EXERTION AND MINIMIZE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
DURING THIS TIME. WILDFIRE SMOKE IS MADE UP OF A VARIETY OF
POLLUTANTS, INCLUDING PARTICULATE MATTER AND OZONE, WHICH CAN CAUSE
RESPIRATORY HEALTH EFFECT. ALTHOUGH THESE PEOPLE ARE MOST
SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEALTH IMPACTS, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ALSO ADVISES
THAT EVERYONE SHOULD AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO POOR AIR QUALITY
CONDITIONS.
CURRENT CONDITIONS...THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY, AIR QUALITY DIVISION OFFERS NEAR REAL-TIME AIR QUALITY DATA
FOR WYOMING'S MONITORING STATIONS AND HEALTH EFFECTS INFORMATION TO
HELP THE PUBLIC INTERPRET CURRENT CONDITIONS. CURRENT AIR QUALITY
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE STATE OF WYOMING CAN BE FOUND AT
HTTP://WWW.WYVISNET.COM/
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