Air Quality Alert
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Air Quality Alert Message
Relayed by National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
227 PM EDT Fri Mar 22 2024

VAZ025>027-029-036>040-051-503-504-507-508-230400-
Augusta-Rockingham-Shenandoah-Page-Nelson-Albemarle-Greene-Madison-
Rappahannock-Culpeper-Western Highland-Eastern Highland-
Northern Virginia Blue Ridge-Central Virginia Blue Ridge-
Including the cities of Staunton, Waynesboro, Stuarts Draft,
Harrisonburg, Strasburg, Woodstock, Mount Jackson, New Market,
Luray, Shenandoah, Stanley, Lovingston, Charlottesville,
Stanardsville, Madison, Washington, Culpeper, Hightown, Monterey,
Big Meadows, and Wintergreen
227 PM EDT Fri Mar 22 2024

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has issued a Code
Orange Air Quality Alert for Shenandoah, Page, Rockingham, Augusta,
Highland, Nelson, Albemarle, Greene, Madison, Rappahannock, and
Culpeper Counties until midnight tonight.

A Code Orange Air Quality Alert means that air pollution
concentrations within the region may become unhealthy for sensitive
groups. Sensitive groups include children, people suffering from
asthma, heart disease or other lung diseases, and the elderly. The
effects of air pollution can be minimized by avoiding strenuous
activity or exercise outdoors.

For additional information, please visit the Virginia Department of
Environmental Quality`s air quality website at:
www.deq.virginia.gov/our-programs/air/monitoring-assessments/air-
quality-forecast.

$$

WVZ050>053-055-501>506-230400-
Hampshire-Morgan-Berkeley-Jefferson-Hardy-Western Grant-
Eastern Grant-Western Mineral-Eastern Mineral-Western Pendleton-
Eastern Pendleton-
Including the cities of Romney, Paw Paw, Martinsburg, Charles Town,
Shepherdstown, Moorefield, Bayard, Mount Storm, Petersburg,
Elk Garden, Antioch, Keyser, New Creek, Ridgeville, Russelldale,
Headsville, Fort Ashby, Riverton, Brandywine, Franklin, Oak Flat,
Ruddle, and Sugar Grove
227 PM EDT Fri Mar 22 2024

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...

West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection - Air Quality
Division has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for Fine
Particulates due to smoke from regional wildfires for Berkeley,
Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan, and Pendleton
Counties until midnight EDT tonight.

Air Quality Index (AQI) values are expected to be in the 51 to 100
range, which may pose a risk for those with preexisting respiratory
illness, or other sensitive groups such as young children and the
elderly. The effects of poor air quality can be reduced by limiting
strenuous activity outdoors.

An Air Quality Action Day means that Fine Particulates
concentrations within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy
standards. For additional information, please visit the West
Virginia Department of Environmental Protection - Air Quality
Division website at: http://dep.wv.gov/daq/alertCTAsDict

$$

DHOF


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