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Air Quality Alert
Issued by NWS Nashville, TN

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AEUS74 KOHX 241932
AQAOHX

AIR QUALITY ALERT
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
232 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

TNZ007>009-025>030-057-059-062-063-260500-
ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-
HICKMAN-WILLIAMSON-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGFIELD...GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...
DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...
HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...CENTERVILLE...FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...
MURFREESBORO...WOODBURY
232 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CDT
SATURDAY NIGHT...

THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION HAS ISSUED A
CODE ORANGE HEALTH ADVISORY FOR THE NASHVILLE AREA...IN EFFECT FROM
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY NIGHT.

A CODE ORANGE AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR OZONE HAS BEEN ISSUED. GROUND LEVEL
OZONE CONCENTRATIONS WITHIN THE REGION MAY APPROACH OR EXCEED UNHEALTHY
STANDARDS. THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS NOT LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED. ACTIVE
CHILDREN AND ADULTS, AND PEOPLE WITH A RESPIRATORY DISEASE SUCH AS
ASTHMA, SHOULD LIMIT PROLONGED OUTDOOR EXERTION. FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION...VISIT THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND
CONSERVATION SITE AT HTTP://WWW.TENNESSEE.GOV/ENVIRONMENT.

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