The Iowa DNR has issued an Air Quality Alert until 8am Saturday morning for the following counties, Emmet, Kossuth, Winnebago, Worth, Palo Alto, Hancock, Cerro Gordo, Pocahontas, Humboldt, Wright, Franklin, Butler, Bremer, Sac, Calhoun, Webster, Hamilton, Hardin, Grundy, Black Hawk, Crawford, Carroll, Greene, Boone, Story, Marshall, Tama, Audubon, Guthrie, Dallas, Polk, Jasper, Poweshiek, Cass, Adair, Madison, Warren, Adams, Union, Clarke, Taylor, Ringgold, Decatur, Mitchell, Howard, Winneshiek, Allamakee, Floyd, Chickasaw, Fayette, Clayton, Monona, Harrison, Shelby, Pottawattamie, Mills, Montgomery, Fremont, Page, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Benton, Linn, Jones, Jackson, Iowa, Johnson, Cedar, Clinton, Muscatine and Scott.

THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES HAS ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY INCLUDING ALL OF WESTERN IOWA…NORTHEAST IOWA PLUS SCOTT AND MUSCATINE COUNTIES. FINE PARTICULATE LEVELS NEAR EPA HEALTH STANDARDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST IN THESE AREAS UNTIL WINDS INCREASE ON SATURDAY.

THE DNR RECOMMENDS THAT IOWANS WITH RESPIRATORY OR HEART
DISEASE…THE ELDERLY AND CHILDREN LIMIT PROLONGED EXERTION UNTIL AIR QUALITY CONDITIONS IMPROVE.