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Air Quality Alert Message
Relayed by National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
514 AM EDT Fri Jul 17 2026

VAZ019-020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-172000-
Alleghany VA-Bath-Roanoke-Botetourt-Rockbridge-Patrick-Franklin-
Bedford-Amherst-Henry-Pittsylvania-Campbell-Appomattox-Buckingham-
Halifax-Charlotte-
Including the cities of Clifton Forge, Covington, Hot Springs,
Roanoke, Salem, Fincastle, Lexington, Buena Vista, Stuart,
Rocky Mount, Bedford, Amherst, Martinsville, Danville, Lynchburg,
Appomattox, South Boston, and Keysville
514 AM EDT Fri Jul 17 2026

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has issued a Code
Orange Air Quality Action Day for Fine Particulates, until 9 PM EDT
this evening.

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

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NCZ004>006-172000-
Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-
Including the cities of Danbury, Eden, and Yanceyville
514 AM EDT Fri Jul 17 2026

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT
THIS EVENING...

Forsyth County Office of Environmental Assistance and Protection
Winston-Salem NC has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for
the Triad region for Ground Level Ozone, from 10 AM this morning to
8 PM EDT this evening.

An Air Quality Action Day means that Ground Level Ozone
concentrations within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy
standards. For additional information, please visit the Forsyth
County Environmental Affairs Department Web site at
www.co.forsyth.nc.us/eap/dailyforecast.aspx

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