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AQARIW
AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
1034 AM MDT TUE SEP 5 2023
WYZ003>006-008>011-020-061900-
CODY FOOTHILLS-NORTH BIG HORN BASIN-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN-
SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-
BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST-NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CLARK, CODY, MEETEETSE, BASIN, GREYBULL,
LOVELL, POWELL, SHELL, THERMOPOLIS, TEN SLEEP, WORLAND, BUFFALO,
KAYCEE, AND CASPER
1034 AM MDT TUE SEP 5 2023
..AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM MDT WEDNESDAY
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 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING. THIS INCLUDES THE
BIGHORN BASIN, BIGHORN MOUNTAINS, JOHNSON COUNTY, AND LOWER
ELEVATIONS OF NATRONA COUNTY.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1 PM WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...SMOKE FROM WILDFIRES PRIMARILY IN CANADA HAS FILTERED
INTO PORTIONS OF WYOMING. EXPECT SMOKY SKIES AND REDUCED
VISIBILITY AT TIMES.
HEALTH INFORMATION...THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RECOMMENDS
THAT 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 EFFECTS. 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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