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Lyon; Osceola; Dickinson; Emmet; Kossuth; Winnebago; Worth; Mitchell; Howard; Winneshiek; Allamakee; Sioux; O'Brien; Clay; Palo Alto; Hancock; Cerro Gordo; Floyd; Chickasaw; Plymouth; Cherokee; Buena Vista; Pocahontas; Humboldt; Wright; Franklin; Butler; Bremer; Fayette; Clayton; Woodbury; Ida; Sac; Calhoun; Webster; Hamilton; Hardin; Grundy; Black Hawk; Buchanan; Delaware; Dubuque; Monona; Crawford; Carroll; Greene; Boone; Story; Marshall; Tama; Benton; Linn; Jones; Jackson; Harrison; Shelby; Audubon; Guthrie; Dallas; Polk; Jasper; Poweshiek; Iowa; Johnson; Cedar; Clinton; Muscatine; Scott; Pottawattamie; Cass; Adair; Madison; Warren; Marion; Mahaska; Keokuk; Washington; Louisa; Mills; Montgomery; Adams; Union; Clarke; Lucas; Monroe; Wapello; Jefferson; Henry; Des Moines; Fremont; Page; Taylor; Ringgold; Decatur; Wayne; Appanoose; Davis; Van Buren; Lee

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Non-Weather Emergency Message. Not sent to IPAWS.

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The Iowa DNR has issued an Air Quality Alert for all of Iowa through midnight Friday night. Moderate to heavy smoke is expected to impact most of Iowa over the next few days at levels considered unhealthy for sensitive groups or even unhealthy for healthy individuals. Sensitive groups include people with respiratory illness or heart disease, children, teenagers, the elderly, and outdoor workers. The DNR recommends that people avoid long or intense outdoor activities and take frequent breaks until the air quality improves.

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Lyon; Osceola; Dickinson; Emmet; Kossuth; Winnebago; Worth; Mitchell; Howard; Winneshiek; Allamakee; Sioux; O'Brien; Clay; Palo Alto; Hancock; Cerro Gordo; Floyd; Chickasaw; Plymouth; Cherokee; Buena Vista; Pocahontas; Humboldt; Wright; Franklin; Butler; Bremer; Fayette; Clayton; Woodbury; Ida; Sac; Calhoun; Webster; Hamilton; Hardin; Grundy; Black Hawk; Buchanan; Delaware; Dubuque; Monona; Crawford; Carroll; Greene; Boone; Story; Marshall; Tama; Benton; Linn; Jones; Jackson; Harrison; Shelby; Audubon; Guthrie; Dallas; Polk; Jasper; Poweshiek; Iowa; Johnson; Cedar; Clinton; Muscatine; Scott; Pottawattamie; Cass; Adair; Madison; Warren; Marion; Mahaska; Keokuk; Washington; Louisa; Mills; Montgomery; Adams; Union; Clarke; Lucas; Monroe; Wapello; Jefferson; Henry; Des Moines; Fremont; Page; Taylor; Ringgold; Decatur; Wayne; Appanoose; Davis; Van Buren; Lee

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Non-Weather Emergency Message. Not sent to IPAWS.

Description

The Iowa DNR has issued an Air Quality Alert for all of Iowa through midnight Friday night. Moderate to heavy smoke is expected to impact most of Iowa over the next few days at levels considered unhealthy for sensitive groups or even unhealthy for healthy individuals. Sensitive groups include people with respiratory illness or heart disease, children, teenagers, the elderly, and outdoor workers. The DNR recommends that people avoid long or intense outdoor activities and take frequent breaks until the air quality improves.

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Knox; Cedar; Thurston; Antelope; Pierce; Wayne; Boone; Madison; Stanton; Cuming; Burt; Platte; Colfax; Dodge; Washington; Butler; Saunders; Douglas; Sarpy; Seward; Lancaster; Cass; Otoe; Saline; Jefferson; Gage; Johnson; Nemaha; Pawnee; Richardson

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Non-Weather Emergency Message. Not sent to IPAWS.

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The following is transmitted in collaboration with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy... WHAT...Air Quality Alert WHERE...Eastern and Central Nebraska WHEN... 07/31/2025 1:00 PM until 08/01/2025 5:00 PM POLLUTANT...PM 2.5 particulates AIR QUALITY INDEX...Moderate to Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups ADDITIONAL DETAILS... An alert for possible Moderate (Air Quality Index yellow category) to Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups air quality (Air Quality Index orange category) due to smoke has been issued for the following Nebraska counties: Adams, Antelope, Boone, Boyd, Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar, Clay, Cuming, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota, Dixon, Dodge, Douglas, Fillmore, Franklin, Gage, Garfield, Greeley, Hamilton, Holt, Howard, Jefferson, Johnson, Kearney, Knox, Lancaster, Madison, Merrick, Nance, Nemaha, Nuckolls, Otoe, Pawnee, Pierce, Platte, Polk, Richardson, Saline, Sarpy, Saunders, Seward, Sherman, Stanton, Thayer, Thurston, Valley, Washington, Wayne, York, from July 31, 1:00 pm through August 01, 5:00 pm. During Moderate (AQI yellow category) conditions, those who are unusually sensitive to particle pollution should consider reducing prolonged or heavy exertion. Smoke levels and wind directions are monitored by Nebraska and other states to predict when impacts to the air quality may occur. Air Quality alerts for smoke are issued for affected areas by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Water, Energy, and Environment and posted on agency webpages and social media sites. By notifying the media and local health departments, alerts help citizens protect their health by informing them of days where outdoor activities should be reduced or avoided to minimize exposure to smoke. Alerts are based on data available from weather forecasts, smoke plume modeling, satellite imagery, and from air quality monitors located in Omaha, Bellevue, Lincoln, Beatrice, Grand Island, and Scottsbluff.

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Knox; Cedar; Thurston; Antelope; Pierce; Wayne; Boone; Madison; Stanton; Cuming; Burt; Platte; Colfax; Dodge; Washington; Butler; Saunders; Douglas; Sarpy; Seward; Lancaster; Cass; Otoe; Saline; Jefferson; Gage; Johnson; Nemaha; Pawnee; Richardson

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Non-Weather Emergency Message. Not sent to IPAWS.

Description

The following is transmitted in collaboration with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy... WHAT...Air Quality Alert WHERE...Eastern and Central Nebraska WHEN... 07/31/2025 1:00 PM until 08/01/2025 5:00 PM POLLUTANT...PM 2.5 particulates AIR QUALITY INDEX...Moderate to Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups ADDITIONAL DETAILS... An alert for possible Moderate (Air Quality Index yellow category) to Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups air quality (Air Quality Index orange category) due to smoke has been issued for the following Nebraska counties: Adams, Antelope, Boone, Boyd, Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar, Clay, Cuming, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota, Dixon, Dodge, Douglas, Fillmore, Franklin, Gage, Garfield, Greeley, Hamilton, Holt, Howard, Jefferson, Johnson, Kearney, Knox, Lancaster, Madison, Merrick, Nance, Nemaha, Nuckolls, Otoe, Pawnee, Pierce, Platte, Polk, Richardson, Saline, Sarpy, Saunders, Seward, Sherman, Stanton, Thayer, Thurston, Valley, Washington, Wayne, York, from July 31, 1:00 pm through August 01, 5:00 pm. During Moderate (AQI yellow category) conditions, those who are unusually sensitive to particle pollution should consider reducing prolonged or heavy exertion. Prescribed burning is being conducted in the region for the management of prairie and rangelands, and smoke may affect the air quality in Nebraska. Smoke levels and wind directions are monitored by Nebraska and other states to predict when impacts to the air quality may occur. Air Quality alerts for smoke are issued for affected areas by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Water, Energy, and Environment and posted on agency webpages and social media sites. By notifying the media and local health departments, alerts help citizens protect their health by informing them of days where outdoor activities should be reduced or avoided to minimize exposure to smoke. Alerts are based on data available from weather forecasts, smoke plume modeling, satellite imagery, and from air quality monitors located in Omaha, Bellevue, Lincoln, Beatrice, Grand Island, and Scottsbluff.

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Knox; Cedar; Thurston; Antelope; Pierce; Wayne; Boone; Madison; Stanton; Cuming; Burt; Platte; Colfax; Dodge; Washington; Butler; Saunders; Douglas; Sarpy; Seward; Lancaster; Cass; Otoe; Saline; Jefferson; Gage; Johnson; Nemaha; Pawnee; Richardson

Note

Non-Weather Emergency Message. Not sent to IPAWS.

Description

The following is transmitted in collaboration with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy... WHAT...Air Quality Alert WHERE...Eastern and Central Nebraska WHEN... 07/31/2025 1:00 PM until 08/01/2025 5:00 PM POLLUTANT...PM 2.5 particulates AIR QUALITY INDEX...Moderate to Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups ADDITIONAL DETAILS... An alert for possible Moderate (Air Quality Index yellow category) to Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups air quality (Air Quality Index orange category) due to smoke has been issued for the following Nebraska counties: Adams, Antelope, Boone, Boyd, Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar, Clay, Cuming, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota, Dixon, Dodge, Douglas, Fillmore, Franklin, Gage, Garfield, Greeley, Hamilton, Holt, Howard, Jefferson, Johnson, Kearney, Knox, Lancaster, Madison, Merrick, Nance, Nemaha, Nuckolls, Otoe, Pawnee, Pierce, Platte, Polk, Richardson, Saline, Sarpy, Saunders, Seward, Sherman, Stanton, Thayer, Thurston, Valley, Washington, Wayne, York, from July 31, 1:00 pm through August 01, 5:00 pm. During Moderate (AQI yellow category) conditions, those who are unusually sensitive to particle pollution should consider reducing prolonged or heavy exertion. Smoke levels and wind directions are monitored by Nebraska and other states to predict when impacts to the air quality may occur. Air Quality alerts for smoke are issued for affected areas by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Water, Energy, and Environment and posted on agency webpages and social media sites. By notifying the media and local health departments, alerts help citizens protect their health by informing them of days where outdoor activities should be reduced or avoided to minimize exposure to smoke. Alerts are based on data available from weather forecasts, smoke plume modeling, satellite imagery, and from air quality monitors located in Omaha, Bellevue, Lincoln, Beatrice, Grand Island, and Scottsbluff.

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