Air Quality Alert - Adams (Wisconsin)

MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
1222 AM CST TUE NOV 24 2009

...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR TAYLOR COUNTY UNTIL NOON
TODAY...
...AIR QUALITY WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AIR QUALITY ADVISORY
FOR FINE PARTICULATES REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY FOR PEOPLE
LIVING IN TAYLOR COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL.

THE AIR QUALITY INDEX EITHER EXCEEDS OR IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED THE
UNHEALTHY LEVEL FOR PEOPLE IN SENSITIVE GROUPS INCLUDING
CHILDREN...ELDERLY PEOPLE...INDIVIDUALS WITH RESPIRATORY AND CARDIAC
PROBLEMS...OR ANYONE ENGAGED IN STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR A
PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME.

IN ADDITION TO THE ADVISORY...THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES HAS ALSO EXTENDED THE AIR QUALITY WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN
THREE QUARTERS OF WISCONSIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 25TH.

A STAGNANT AND DIRTY AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT PARTICLE
POLLUTION CONCENTRATIONS WILL REACH UNHEALTHY LEVELS FOR PEOPLE IN
SENSITIVE GROUPS IN ALL WISCONSIN COUNTIES SOUTH OF A LINE EXTENDING
WEST TO EAST FROM SOMERSET TO MERRILL TO MARINETTE TO STURGEON BAY.

CONCENTRATIONS OF PARTICULATES MAY APPROACH OR EXCEED UNHEALTHY
STANDARDS. AT THIS LEVEL OF PARTICULATES EXPOSURE...MEMBERS OF
SENSITIVE GROUPS MAY EXPERIENCE HEALTH EFFECTS. THE GENERAL PUBLIC
IS NOT LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT WISCONSIN DNR AIR QUALITY
WEB SITE AT HTTP://DNR.WI.GOV/AIR/AQ/HEALTH/STATUS.ASP

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