Air Quality Alert
KSZ103>105-MOZ028-029-037-021530-
Leavenworth-Wyandotte-Johnson KS-Platte-Clay-Jackson-
Including the cities of Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Lansing,
Kansas City Kansas, Overland Park, Stanley, Olathe, Shawnee, Lenexa,
Parkville, Platte City, Riverside, Weatherby Lake, Weston,
Gladstone, Liberty, Excelsior Springs, Kearney, Kansas City,
and Independence
1018 AM CDT Fri Aug 1 2025
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM NOW THROUGH SATURDAY...
The Mid-America Regional Council has issued an Air Quality
Alert...in effect for Friday August 1st through Saturday August 2nd.
Smoke from wildfires will affect the air quality in the area.
Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects.
People and businesses are urged to avoid activities which lead to
ozone formation. These activities include refueling vehicles or
topping off when refueling idling vehicles unnecessarily and using
gasoline powered lawn equipment. Positive activities include car
pooling, biking to work, delaying or combining errands, and using
water-based paints and cleaners.
When pollution levels are elevated, the Mid-America Regional Council
recommends that individuals consider limiting strenuous outdoor
physical activity to reduce the risk of adverse health effects.
People who may be especially sensitive to the effects of elevated
levels of pollutants include the very young and those with
preexisting respiratory problems such as asthma or heart disease.
Those with symptoms should consider consulting their personal
physician.
For further information, please see the Mid-America Regional Council
air quality program website at http://www.airqkc.org.
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Howard-Winneshiek-Allamakee-Sioux-O`Brien-Clay-Palo Alto-Hancock-
Cerro Gordo-Floyd-Chickasaw-Plymouth-Cherokee-Buena Vista-
Pocahontas-Humboldt-Wright-Franklin-Butler-Bremer-Fayette-Clayton-
Woodbury-Ida-Sac-Calhoun-Webster-Hamilton-Hardin-Grundy-
Black Hawk-Buchanan-Delaware-Dubuque-Monona-Crawford-Carroll-
Greene-Boone-Story-Marshall-Tama-Benton-Linn-Jones-Jackson-
Harrison-Shelby-Audubon-Guthrie-Dallas-Polk-Jasper-Poweshiek-Iowa-
Johnson-Cedar-Clinton-Muscatine-Scott-Pottawattamie-Cass-Adair-
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Henry-Des Moines-Fremont-Page-Taylor-Ringgold-Decatur-Wayne-
Appanoose-Davis-Van Buren-Lee-
1238 PM CDT Fri Aug 1 2025
The Iowa DNR is extending the Air Quality Alert for all of Iowa
through 8 AM Sunday.
Moderate to heavy smoke is expected to continue impacting most of
Iowa at levels considered unhealthy for sensitive groups or even
unhealthy for healthy individuals. Sensitive groups include people
with respiratory illness or heart disease, children, teenagers,
the elderly, and outdoor workers.
The DNR recommends that people avoid long or intense outdoor
activities and take frequent breaks until the air quality
improves.
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NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-
022200-
Knox-Cedar-Thurston-Antelope-Pierce-Wayne-Boone-Madison-Stanton-
Cuming-Burt-Platte-Colfax-Dodge-Washington-Butler-Saunders-
Douglas-Sarpy-Seward-Lancaster-Cass-Otoe-Saline-Jefferson-Gage-
Johnson-Nemaha-Pawnee-Richardson-
Including the cities of Creighton, Bloomfield, Crofton, Wausa,
Verdigre, Niobrara, Hartington, Laurel, Randolph, Coleridge,
Pender, Macy, Walthill, Winnebago, Neligh, Elgin, Pierce,
Plainview, Osmond, Wayne, Albion, St. Edward, Norfolk, Stanton,
West Point, Wisner, Tekamah, Oakland, Lyons, Decatur, Columbus,
Schuyler, Fremont, Blair, David City, Wahoo, Ashland, Yutan,
Omaha, Bellevue, Papillion, La Vista, Seward, Milford, Lincoln,
Plattsmouth, Nebraska City, Crete, Wilber, Fairbury, Beatrice,
Tecumseh, Sterling, Auburn, Pawnee City, Table Rock,
and Falls City
1223 PM CDT Fri Aug 1 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... 08/01/2025 12:00 PM until 08/02/2025 5:00 PM
POLLUTANT...PM 2.5 particulates
AIR QUALITY INDEX...Moderate to Unhealthy
ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
An alert for possible Moderate (Air Quality Index yellow category)
to Unhealthy AQI (Air Quality Index red category) due to smoke has
been issued for the following Nebraska counties: Adams, Antelope,
Blaine, Boone, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar,
Clay, Colfax, Cuming, Custer, Dakota, Dawson, Dixon, Dodge,
Douglas, Fillmore, Franklin, Furnas, Gage, Garfield, Gosper,
Greeley, Hall, Hamilton, Harlan, Holt, Howard, Jefferson, Johnson,
Kearney, Keya Paha, Knox, Lancaster, Loup, Madison, Merrick,
Nance, Nemaha, Nuckolls, Otoe, Pawnee, Phelps, Pierce, Platte,
Polk, Richardson, Rock, Saline, Sarpy, Saunders, Seward, Sherman,
Stanton, Thayer, Thurston, Valley, Washington, Wayne, Webster,
Wheeler, and York,
from August 01, 12:00 pm through August 02, 5:00 pm.
During Moderate AQI (yellow category) conditions, those who are
unusually sensitive to particle pollution may experience health
effects. When conditions rise to the yellow category, those who
are unusually sensitive are advised to consider shortening outdoor
activities and reducing the intensity of these activities.
Symptoms such as coughing or shortness of breath are signs to take
it easier.
During Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (orange category)
conditions, members of sensitive groups may experience health
effects. Sensitive groups include people with heart or lung
disease, older adults, and children. When conditions rise to the
orange category, sensitive groups are advised to reduce prolonged
or heavy exertion and avoid intense outdoor activities.
During Unhealthy AQI (red category) conditions, some members of
the general public may experience health effects and members of
sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects.
Sensitive groups include people with heart or lung disease, older
adults, children and teens, and those who are active outdoors.
When conditions rise to the red category, everyone is advised to
avoid prolonged or heavy exertion and take more breaks; those in
sensitive groups should also plan outdoor activities for morning
hours when ozone levels are lower.
Smoke from Canadian wildfires may affect the air quality in
Nebraska. Smoke levels and wind directions are monitored by
Nebraska and other states to predict when impacts to the air
quality may occur.
Information regarding wildfires and Impacts in Nebraska is
available from the Nebraska Department of Water, Energy, and
Environment (DWEE) at https://dee.nebraska.gov/wildfires-and-
impacts-nebraska.
Alerts are based on data available from weather forecasts, smoke
plume modeling, satellite imagery, and from air quality monitors
located in Omaha, Bellevue, Blair, Lincoln, Beatrice, Grand
Island, and Scottsbluff.
Advisories for smoke and air quality are issued for affected areas
by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and
Department of Water, Energy, and Environment (DWEE) 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.
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