Air Quality Alert
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD

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AEUS73 KUNR 231149
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WYZ054-055-240600-

AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
555 AM MDT THU MAY 23 2013

...BLOWING DUST HEALTH ALERT IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE POWDER
RIVER BASIN OF NORTHEASTERN WYOMING UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...

SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING TO 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS
TO 60 MPH. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING.

THE WYOMING AIR QUALITY DIVISION RECOMMENDS THE ELDERLY...YOUNG
CHILDREN...AND INDIVIDUALS WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS AVOID EXCESSIVE
PHYSICAL EXERTION AND MINIMIZE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES DURING THIS
TIME. ALTHOUGH THESE PEOPLE ARE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEALTH
IMPACTS...THE AIR QUALITY DIVISION ALSO ADVISES THAT EVERYONE SHOULD
AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE POOR AIR QUALITY CONDITIONS.
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