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Air Quality Alert for NE and EC Iowa Through Wednesday Morning

IAZ027>030-037>042-049>054-062>068-041600-
BUTLER-BREMER-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-BUCHANAN-
DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-MARSHALL-TAMA-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-
POWESHIEK-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…PARKERSBURG…CLARKSVILLE…
SHELL ROCK…GREENE…APLINGTON…ALLISON…DUMONT…WAVERLY…
OELWEIN…WEST UNION…GUTTENBERG…MONONA…ELKADER…
STRAWBERRY POINT…MCGREGOR…GARNAVILLO…IOWA FALLS…ELDORA…
ACKLEY…GRUNDY CENTER…REINBECK…CONRAD…DIKE…WELLSBURG…
WATERLOO…CEDAR FALLS…INDEPENDENCE…JESUP…MANCHESTER…
DUBUQUE…MARSHALLTOWN…TAMA…TOLEDO…TRAER…DYSART…
GLADBROOK…VINTON…BELLE PLAINE…CEDAR RAPIDS…ANAMOSA…
MONTICELLO…MAQUOKETA…BELLEVUE…GRINNELL…WILLIAMSBURG…
MARENGO…NORTH ENGLISH…VICTOR…IOWA CITY…TIPTON…
WEST BRANCH…DURANT…MECHANICSVILLE…CLARENCE…LOWDEN…
CLINTON…MUSCATINE
1135 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2013

…AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
IOWA UNTIL 10 AM WEDNESDAY…

THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES HAS ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY
ALERT UNTIL 10 AM WEDNESDAY FOR SEVERAL COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST IOWA. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED…
BENTON…BLACK HAWK….BREMER…BUCHANAN…BUTLER…CEDAR…
CLAYTON…CLINTON…DELAWARE…DUBUQUE…FAYETTE…JACKSON…
JOHNSON…JONES…GRUNDY…HARDIN…IOWA…LINN…MARSHALL…
MUSCATINE…POWESHIEK…SCOTT AND TAMA.

FINE PARTICULATE LEVELS ARE AT OR ABOVE THE EPA THRESHOLDS AND
ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES RECOMMENDS THAT INDIVIDUALS WITH
RESPIRATORY OR HEART DISEASE…THE ELDERLY…AND CHILDREN LIMIT
PROLONGED EXERTION UNTIL AIR QUALITY CONDITIONS IMPROVE.

IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED BY LATER WEDNESDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT
SWEEPS THROUGH THE AFFECTED AREA.

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