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Air Quality Alert Message
Relayed by National Weather Service Northern Indiana
1136 AM EDT Fri Jun 6 2025

MIZ078>081-177-277-070400-
Cass MI-St. Joseph MI-Branch-Hillsdale-Northern Berrien-
Southern Berrien-
Including the cities of Dowagiac, Cassopolis, Edwardsburg,
Marcellus, Sturgis, Three Rivers, White Pigeon, Mendon, Coldwater,
Bronson, Hillsdale, Jonesville, Litchfield, Benton Harbor,
St. Joseph, Paw Paw Lake, Niles, New Buffalo, Stevensville,
and Berrien Springs
1136 AM EDT Fri Jun 6 2025

...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2025...

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
(EGLE) has declared an Air Quality Advisory for Friday June 6th, in
effect until midnight tonight, for elevated levels of fine particulate
(PM2.5) across the Southern Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Pollutants
within those areas are expected to be in the Unhealthy for Sensitive
Groups (USG, Orange AQI) range.

The Air Quality Advisory is in effect for the following counties in
southwest Michigan...

Berrien, Branch, Cass, St. Joseph, and Hillsdale.

Smoke associated with Canadian wildfires persist over portions of
the state today. Levels of PM2.5 into the Unhealthy for Sensitive
Groups (USG) range are expected.

It is recommended that, when possible, you avoid strenuous outdoor
activities, especially those with heart disease and respiratory
diseases like asthma. Monitor for symptoms such as wheezing,
coughing, chest tightness, dizziness, or burning in nose, throat,
and eyes.

Reduce or eliminate activities that contribute to air pollution,
such as:
 * outdoor burning,
 * use of residential wood burning devices.

Tips for households: Keep windows closed overnight to prevent smoke
from getting indoors and, if possible, run central air conditioning
with MERV-13 or higher rated filters.

For further information, please see EPA`s Air Now site for up-to-
date air quality data: https://www.airnow.gov/

For further health information, please see MDHHS`s Wildfire Smoke
and You Health site:
https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety-injury-prev/environmental-
health/your-health-and-wildfire-smoke

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