Air Quality Alert

326 AM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM EARLY TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT...

THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT HAS DECLARED
SUNDAY MAY 27TH TO BE AN AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY FOR LAKE AND PORTER 
COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST INDIANA.

OZONE LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE ORANGE OR UNHEALTHY FOR 
SENSITIVE GROUPS RANGE. ACTIVE CHILDREN AND ADULTS AND PEOPLE WITH 
RESPIRATORY DISEASE SUCH AS ASTHMA SHOULD LIMIT PROLONGED OUTDOOR 
EXERTION.

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THE IDEM SMOG WATCH WEBSITE AT...

HTTP://WWW.IN.GOV/APPS/IDEM/SMOG/

OR THE EPA AIRNOW WEB SITE AT...

HTTP://WWW.AIRNOW.GOV/

AND CLICK ON INDIANA.

Hazardous Weather Outlook

327 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 /427 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

AN AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY HAS BEEN DECLARED FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST INDIANA TODAY...WITH OZONE LEVELS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE
UNHEALTHY RANGE THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT AHEAD
OF A COLD FRONT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.

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COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO
WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO

There are currently no Special Weather Statements Gary Regional, .

There are currently no Short Term Forecasts Gary Regional, .