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Air Quality Alert Message
Relayed by National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
750 AM MDT Sat Jun 21 2025

NMZ403-425-426-221800-
Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley-
Central Grant County/Silver City Area-
Southern Gila Region Highlands/Black Range-
Including the cities of Hurley, Faywood, Grant County Airport,
Silver City, Mimbres, Fort Bayard, Lake Roberts, and Kingston
750 AM MDT Sat Jun 21 2025

...AIR QUALITY ALERT...

The following message is transmitted at the request of the Grant County
OEM and the Interagency Wildland Fire Air Quality Response Program.

* WHAT...USG to UNHEALTHY air quality conditions due to wildfire smoke.

* WHERE...Areas downstream of the Trout Fire in Grant County in southwest
  New Mexico. This includes the Sapillo Creek and Mimbres Valley north of
  San Lorenzo.

* WHEN...This morning through noon today and late tonight through
  noon MDT Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Everyone should avoid any outdoor exertion; people with
  respiratory disease such as asthma, should remain indoors. People
  with heart disease, symptoms such as a fast pulse or heartbeat,
  shortness of breath, or unusual weakness may indicate a health
  problem. If you have any of these, call your health care provider.

* HEALTH INFORMATION...Remember, your eyes are your best tools to
  determine if it is safe to be outside. Use the 5-3-1 Method
  available at
  https://nmtracking.doh.nm.gov/environment/air/FireAndSmoke.html.

If visibility is:

Under 5 miles, the air quality is unhealthy for young children,
adults over age 65, pregnant women, and people with heart
and/or lung disease, asthma or other respiratory illness.
Outdoor activity should be minimized.

Around 3 miles, young children, adults over age 65, pregnant
women, and people with heart and/or lung disease, asthma or other
respiratory illness should avoid all outdoor activities.

Around 1 mile, the air quality is unhealthy for everyone. People
should remain indoors and avoid all outdoor activities including
running errands. Unless an evacuation has been issued, stay inside
your home, indoor workplace, or in a safe shelter.

For smoke forecast outlooks from the Interagency Wildland Fire Air
Quality Response Program please visit:

https://outlooks.wildlandfiresmoke.net.

$$

Dennhardt