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AEUS73 KFSD 311817 CCA
AQAFSD

Air Quality Alert Message
Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy
Relayed by National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
117 PM CDT Thu Jul 31 2025

NEZ013-014-012200-
Dixon-Dakota-
Including the cities of Wakefield, Ponca, Allen,
and South Sioux City
117 PM CDT Thu Jul 31 2025

The following is transmitted in collaboration with the Nebraska
Department of Health and Human Services and the Nebraska Department
of Environment and Energy...

WHAT...Air Quality Alert

WHERE...Eastern and Central Nebraska

WHEN... 07/31/2025 1:00 PM until 08/01/2025 5:00 PM

POLLUTANT...PM 2.5 particulates

AIR QUALITY INDEX...Moderate to Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups

ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

An alert for possible Moderate (Air Quality Index
yellow category) to Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups air quality
(Air Quality Index orange category) due to smoke has been issued
for the following Nebraska counties: Adams, Antelope, Boone, Boyd,
Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar, Clay, Cuming, Colfax, Cuming,
Dakota, Dixon, Dodge, Douglas, Fillmore, Franklin, Gage, Garfield,
Greeley, Hamilton, Holt, Howard, Jefferson, Johnson, Kearney,
Knox, Lancaster, Madison, Merrick, Nance, Nemaha, Nuckolls, Otoe,
Pawnee, Pierce, Platte, Polk, Richardson, Saline, Sarpy, Saunders,
Seward, Sherman, Stanton, Thayer, Thurston, Valley, Washington,
Wayne, York, from July 31, 1:00 pm through August 01, 5:00 pm.

During Moderate (AQI yellow category) conditions, those who are
unusually sensitive to particle pollution should consider reducing
prolonged or heavy exertion.

Smoke levels and wind directions are monitored by Nebraska and
other states to predict when impacts to the air quality may occur.
Air Quality alerts for smoke are issued for affected areas by the
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and Department of
Water, Energy, and Environment and posted on agency webpages and
social media sites.  By notifying the media and local health
departments, alerts help citizens protect their health by
informing them of days where outdoor activities should be reduced
or avoided to minimize exposure to smoke.

Alerts are based on data available from weather forecasts, smoke
plume modeling, satellite imagery, and from air quality monitors
located in Omaha, Bellevue, Lincoln, Beatrice, Grand Island, and
Scottsbluff.


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