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Air Quality Alert Message
Relayed by National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
111 AM EST Fri Jan 31 2025

NCZ049-050-503>506-010500-
Yancey-Mitchell-Burke Mountains-Greater Burke-McDowell Mountains-
Eastern McDowell-
Including the cities of Swiss, Burnsville, Celo, Micaville,
Ramseytown, Busick, Spruce Pine, Poplar, Jonas Ridge, Morganton,
Pleasant Grove, Valdese, Ashford, Sugar Hill, Woodlawn, Old Fort,
Marion, Nebo, Dysartsville, Fero, and Glenwood
111 AM EST Fri Jan 31 2025

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality in Raleigh NC
has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for Fine
Particulates for Mitchell, Yancey, Burke, and McDowell Counties,
until midnight EST tonight.

An Air Quality Action Day means that Fine Particulates
concentrations within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy
standards. For additional information, please visit the North
Carolina Division of Air Quality Web site at
https://airquality.climate.ncsu.edu/.

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