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Air Quality Alert
Issued At: Friday, 20 Nov 2009, 2:16 PM CST
Expires At: Friday, 20 Nov 2009, 10:30 PM CST
...AIR QUALITY WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN IN EFFECT SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY NOVEMBER 21 TO 23... A STAGNANT AND INCREASINGLY DIRTY AIR MASS WILL INTENSIFY OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT PARTICLE POLLUTION CONCENTRATIONS WILL REACH UNHEALTHY LEVELS FOR PEOPLE IN SENSITIVE GROUPS OVER ALL WISCONSIN COUNTIES SOUTH OF A LINE EXTENDING WEST TO EAST FROM SOMERSET TO MERRILL TO MARINETTE TO STURGEON BAY. DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF ELEVATED LEVELS OF PARTICLE POLLUTION IN THE REGION THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES HAS ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY WATCH FROM SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THIS WATCH AFFECTS PEOPLE LIVING IN THE COUNTIES OF LINCOLN...LANGLADE...OCONTO...MARINETTE...MARATHON...WOOD...PORTAGE... MENOMINEE...OCONTO...DOOR...SHAWANO...WAUPACA...OUTAGAMIE...BROWN... KEWAUNEE...WAUSHARA...WINNEBAGO...CALUMET...MANITOWOC. TO HELP PREVENT POLLUTION FROM REACHING UNHEALTHY LEVELS...PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ENCOURAGED TO HELP DECREASE AIR POLLUTION BY REDUCING DRIVING WHEN POSSIBLE...AVOID BURNING LEAVES...GRASS...BRUSH ...OR WOOD...MINIMIZE VEHICLE ENGINE IDLING...POSTPONE USING SMALL GAS OR DIESEL POWERED OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT...AND PRACTICE ENERGY CONSERVATION. FOR CURRENT INFORMATION ON AIR QUALITY READINGS PLEASE CALL THE DAILY AIR HOTLINE AT 1-866-DAILYAIR...1-866-324-5924.
Areas affected: Brown, Calumet, Door, Kewaunee, Langlade, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon, Menominee, Northern Marinette County, Northern Oconto County, Outagamie, Portage, Shawano, Southern Marinette County, Southern Oconto County, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago, Wood
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