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Air Quality Alert Message
Relayed by National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
1138 AM EDT Fri Aug 8 2025

WVZ050>053-055-501>506-090300-
Hampshire-Morgan-Berkeley-Jefferson-Hardy-Western Grant-
Eastern Grant-Western Mineral-Eastern Mineral-Western Pendleton-
Eastern Pendleton-
Including the cities of Romney, Paw Paw, Martinsburg, Charles Town,
Shepherdstown, Moorefield, Bayard, Mount Storm, Petersburg,
Elk Garden, Antioch, Keyser, New Creek, Ridgeville, Russelldale,
Headsville, Fort Ashby, Riverton, Brandywine, Franklin, Oak Flat,
Ruddle, and Sugar Grove
1138 AM EDT Fri Aug 8 2025

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection - Air Quality
Division has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Alert for elevated
Fine Particulates from Canadian wildfire smoke across the region for
the Eastern West Virgina Panhandle until 11 PM EDT this evening.

An Air Quality Alert means that Fine Particulates concentrations
within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards. For
additional information, please visit the West Virginia Department of
Environmental Protection - Air Quality Division website
at:http://dep.wv.gov/daq/

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