AIR QUALITY ALERT
Warning Issue Date: 406 PM CST THU DEC 17 2009
...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR WESTERN AND NORTHERN IOWA THROUGH 8 AM SATURDAY...
THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES HAS ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY
ADVISORY INCLUDING ALL OF WESTERN IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA PLUS SCOTT
AND MUSCATINE COUNTIES. FINE PARTICULATE LEVELS NEAR EPA HEALTH
STANDARDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST IN THESE AREAS UNTIL WINDS
INCREASE ON SATURDAY.
THE DNR RECOMMENDS THAT IOWANS WITH RESPIRATORY OR HEART
DISEASE...THE ELDERLY AND CHILDREN LIMIT PROLONGED EXERTION UNTIL
AIR QUALITY CONDITIONS IMPROVE.
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