C: Mchenrycountywx | L: Woodstock | PL: McHenry County WX
AEUS73 KLOT 041754
AQALOT
Air Quality Alert Message
Relayed by National Weather Service Chicago IL
1254 PM CDT Wed Jun 4 2025
McHenry-Lake IL-Kane-DuPage-Kendall-Grundy-Northern Cook-
Central Cook-Southern Cook-Northern Will-Southern Will-Eastern Will-
Including the cities of Crystal Lake, Algonquin, McHenry, Woodstock,
Waukegan, Buffalo Grove, Mundelein, Gurnee, Aurora, Elgin,
Naperville, Wheaton, Downers Grove, Lombard, Carol Stream, Oswego,
Yorkville, Plano, Morris, Coal City, Minooka, 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
1254 PM CDT Wed Jun 4 2025
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY NIGHT...
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has declared an Air
Pollution Action Day for the greater Chicago Metropolitan Area, which
is IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY NIGHT.
A Chicago area "Air Pollution Action Day" is declared when weather
conditions are such that widespread ozone and or particulate levels
are expected to be at or above the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
(USG) category of the Air Quality Index for multiple days. Wildfire
smoke is expected to continue to have an impact on particulate levels
with the daily 24-hour AQI forecast expected to remain in the USG
category today and tomorrow.
Active children and adults, especially people with pulmonary or
respiratory disease such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor
activity.
Area residents are urged to reduce pollution levels. Air quality
forecasts, current air quality, and tips on how you can reduce your
emissions can be found at www.airnow.gov.
Media contact...Illinois EPA.
https://wxn.io/czx70
