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AEUS72 KGSP 010505
AQAGSP

Air Quality Alert Message
Relayed by National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
1205 AM EST Sat Feb 1 2025

NCZ503>506-020500-
Burke Mountains-Greater Burke-McDowell Mountains-Eastern McDowell-
Including the cities of Jonas Ridge, Morganton, Pleasant Grove,
Valdese, Ashford, Sugar Hill, Woodlawn, Old Fort, Marion, Nebo,
Dysartsville, Fero, and Glenwood
1205 AM EST Sat Feb 1 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 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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