AEUS73 KLOT 280819
AQALOT
Air Quality Alert Message
Relayed by National Weather Service Chicago IL
319 AM CDT Wed Jun 28 2023
Winnebago-Boone-McHenry-Lake IL-Ogle-Lee-De Kalb-Kane-DuPage-
La Salle-Kendall-Grundy-Kankakee-Livingston-Iroquois-Ford-
Northern Cook-Central Cook-Southern Cook-Northern Will-Southern Will-
Eastern Will-
Including the cities of Rockford, Belvidere, Crystal Lake,
Algonquin, McHenry, Woodstock, Waukegan, Buffalo Grove, Mundelein,
Gurnee, Rochelle, Oregon, Byron, Dixon, DeKalb, Sycamore, Aurora,
Elgin, Naperville, Wheaton, Downers Grove, Lombard, Carol Stream,
Ottawa, Streator, La Salle, Mendota, Marseilles, Oswego, Yorkville,
Plano, Morris, Coal City, Minooka, Kankakee, Bourbonnais, Bradley,
Pontiac, Dwight, Fairbury, Watseka, Gilman, Paxton, Gibson City,
Evanston, Des Plaines, Schaumburg, Palatine, Northbrook, Chicago,
Cicero, Oak Lawn, Oak Park, La Grange, Calumet City, Oak Forest,
Lemont, Orland Park, Park Forest, Joliet, Bolingbrook, Plainfield,
Mokena, Channahon, Manhattan, Wilmington, Crete, Peotone,
and Beecher
319 AM CDT Wed Jun 28 2023
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT...
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has determined that an
Air Pollution Action Day is in effect until midnight CDT tonight.
An Air Pollution Action Day is declared when widespread ozone and or
particulate levels are expected to be at or above the unhealthy level
for the sensitive groups category of the air quality index.
Active children and adults, especially people with pulmonary or
respiratory diseases such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor
activity.
Area residents are urged to reduce pollution levels. Air quality
forecasts and tips on how you can reduce your emissions can be found
at www.airnow.gov.
Illinois EPA Media Contact: 217 558 1536.
https://wxn.io/6i44b
