Active Advisories:    Air Quality Alert

  • Currently

    Reported at Evansville, Evansville Regional Airport, IN
    5:54 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012
  • 91°F33°C
  • Clear
    Clear
  • Feels Like:91°F33°CDew Point:59°F15°CHumidity:34% Winds:SSE 9 mph 14 kph
    Pressure:29.97 in1015 hPaVisibility:10.00 miles16090.00 meters

Air Quality Alert


INZ086-280100-
VANDERBURGH-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...EVANSVILLE
200 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012

...AIR QUALITY ALERT REMAINS IN EFFECT...

THE EVANSVILLE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND THE VANDERBURGH 
COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAVE ISSUED AN OZONE ALERT...WHICH REMAINS 
IN EFFECT TODAY... 

A CODE ORANGE AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR OZONE HAS BEEN ISSUED. AMBIENT
CONCENTRATIONS OF OZONE MAY REACH OR EXCEED THE LEVEL OF THE
NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS FOR OZONE. WITHIN A FEW HOURS
OR DAYS...EXPOSURE TO HIGHER LEVELS OF OZONE CAN CAUSE LUNG AND
THROAT IRRITATION...SHORTNESS OF BREATH...INCREASE THE FREQUENCY OF
ASTHMA ATTACKS AND AGGRAVATED RESPIRATORY DISEASES SUCH AS...

ASTHMA...EMPHYSEMA...AND BRONCHITIS. CHILDREN...ACTIVE ADULTS...AND
PEOPLE WITH RESPIRATORY DISEASES SHOULD LIMIT PROLONGED OUTDOOR
EXERTION ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHEN OZONE
LEVELS ARE THE HIGHEST.  NO OPEN BURNING IS ALLOWED DURING OZONE
ALERTS.
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