Air Quality Alert
MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-041700-
Cottonwood-Jackson-Lincoln-Lyon-Murray-Nobles-Pipestone-Rock-
Including the cities of Marshall and Worthington
353 PM CDT Fri Aug 1 2025
...AIR QUALITY ALERT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT MONDAY...
* WHAT...The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an Air Quality
Alert for fine particles pollution. The Air Quality Index (AQI) is
expected to reach the Red or Unhealthy category.
* WHERE...West central, east central, central, south central, southwest,
southeast, north central, northwest, and northeast Minnesota.
* WHEN...Until noon CDT Monday.
* IMPACTS...Some members of the general public may experience health
effects. Sensitive groups, such as people with lung disease
(including asthma), heart disease, and children and older adults,
may experience health effects.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Surface high pressure will camp out over the
region through Friday evening and will result in light winds and
poor dispersion. Smoke with widespread red/unhealthy air quality
index (AQI) concentrations will likely remain over most of the
state through tonight and into the day Saturday. Winds will
increase out of the south over the weekend as high pressure drifts
east of the area. Smoke concentrations should gradually decline
starting Saturday, but the clearing of the smoke may be slow with
smoke spreading as far south as Tennessee and Missouri. Orange AQIs
(unhealthy for sensitive groups) could hang on through Sunday and
into the day Monday. Most of the alert-level smoke should push
north back into Canada by later Monday.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Sensitive groups, such as people with lung disease (including
asthma), heart disease, and children and older adults, should avoid
prolonged or heavy exertion. The general public should limit
prolonged or heavy exertion.
Reduce or eliminate activities that contribute to air pollution,
such as outdoor burning, and use of residential wood burning devices.
Reduce vehicle trips and vehicle idling as much as possible. Keep
windows closed overnight to prevent smoke from getting indoors.
&&
For information on current air quality conditions in your area and
to sign up for daily air quality forecasts and alert notifications by
email, text message, phone, or the EPA AirNow mobile app, visit
https://www.pca.state.mn.us/air- water-land-climate/current-air-
quality-conditions. You can find additional information about health
and air quality at https://www.pca.state.mn.us/air-water- land-
climate/air-quality-and- health. $$
$$
NEZ013-014-022200-
Dixon-Dakota-
Including the cities of Wakefield, Ponca, Allen,
and South Sioux City
1201 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.
$$
MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-041700-
Anoka-Benton-Blue Earth-Brown-Carver-Chippewa-Chisago-Dakota-
Douglas-Faribault-Freeborn-Goodhue-Hennepin-Isanti-Kanabec-
Kandiyohi-Lac qui Parle-Le Sueur-Martin-McLeod-Meeker-Mille Lacs-
Morrison-Nicollet-Pope-Ramsey-Redwood-Renville-Rice-Scott-
Sherburne-Sibley-Stearns-Steele-Stevens-Swift-Todd-Waseca-
Washington-Watonwan-Wright-Yellow Medicine-
Including the Tribal Nations of Mille Lacs, Prairie Island, and
Upper Sioux
Including the cities of Albert Lea, Alexandria, Apple Valley,
Blaine, Bloomington, Brooklyn Park, Buffalo, Burnsville, Eagan,
Eden Prairie, Farmington, Hastings, Mankato, Maple Grove,
Minneapolis, Minnetonka, Northfield, Plymouth, Prior Lake,
Ramsey, Rogers, Rosemount, Roseville, Shakopee, St. Cloud, St.
Louis Park, St. Paul, Stillwater, Waconia, White Bear Lake, and
Woodbury
346 PM CDT Fri Aug 1 2025
...AIR QUALITY ALERT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT MONDAY...
* WHAT...The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an Air
Quality Alert for fine particles pollution. The Air Quality Index
(AQI) is expected to reach the Red or Unhealthy category.
* WHERE...West central, east central, central, south central,
southwest, southeast, north central, northwest, and northeast
Minnesota.
* WHEN...Until noon CDT Monday.
* IMPACTS...Some members of the general public may experience
health effects. Sensitive groups, such as people with lung
disease (including asthma), heart disease, and children and older
adults, may experience health effects.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Surface high pressure will camp out over
the region through Friday evening and will result in light winds
and poor dispersion. Smoke with widespread red/unhealthy air
quality index (AQI) concentrations will likely remain over most
of the state through tonight and into the day Saturday. Winds
will increase out of the south over the weekend as high pressure
drifts east of the area. Smoke concentrations should gradually
decline starting Saturday, but the clearing of the smoke may be
slow with smoke spreading as far south as Tennessee and Missouri.
Orange AQIs (unhealthy for sensitive groups) could hang on
through Sunday and into the day Monday. Most of the alert-level
smoke should push north back into Canada by later Monday.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Sensitive groups, such as people with lung disease (including
asthma), heart disease, and children and older adults, should
avoid prolonged or heavy exertion. The general public should
limit prolonged or heavy exertion.
Reduce or eliminate activities that contribute to air pollution,
such as outdoor burning, and use of residential wood burning
devices. Reduce vehicle trips and vehicle idling as much as
possible.
Keep windows closed overnight to prevent smoke from getting
indoors.
&&
For information on current air quality conditions in your area
and to sign up for daily air quality forecasts and alert
notifications by email, text message, phone, or the EPA AirNow
mobile app, visit https://www.pca.state.mn.us/air-water-land-
climate/current-air-quality-conditions. You can find additional
information about health and air quality at
https://www.pca.state.mn.us/air-water-land-climate/air-quality-
and-health.
$$
$$
BED
IAZ001>099-031300-
Lyon-Osceola-Dickinson-Emmet-Kossuth-Winnebago-Worth-Mitchell-
Howard-Winneshiek-Allamakee-Sioux-O`Brien-Clay-Palo Alto-Hancock-
Cerro Gordo-Floyd-Chickasaw-Plymouth-Cherokee-Buena Vista-
Pocahontas-Humboldt-Wright-Franklin-Butler-Bremer-Fayette-Clayton-
Woodbury-Ida-Sac-Calhoun-Webster-Hamilton-Hardin-Grundy-
Black Hawk-Buchanan-Delaware-Dubuque-Monona-Crawford-Carroll-
Greene-Boone-Story-Marshall-Tama-Benton-Linn-Jones-Jackson-
Harrison-Shelby-Audubon-Guthrie-Dallas-Polk-Jasper-Poweshiek-Iowa-
Johnson-Cedar-Clinton-Muscatine-Scott-Pottawattamie-Cass-Adair-
Madison-Warren-Marion-Mahaska-Keokuk-Washington-Louisa-Mills-
Montgomery-Adams-Union-Clarke-Lucas-Monroe-Wapello-Jefferson-
Henry-Des Moines-Fremont-Page-Taylor-Ringgold-Decatur-Wayne-
Appanoose-Davis-Van Buren-Lee-
1238 PM CDT Fri Aug 1 2025
The Iowa DNR is extending the Air Quality Alert for all of Iowa
through 8 AM Sunday.
Moderate to heavy smoke is expected to continue impacting most of
Iowa at levels considered unhealthy for sensitive groups or even
unhealthy for healthy individuals. Sensitive groups include people
with respiratory illness or heart disease, children, teenagers,
the elderly, and outdoor workers.
The DNR recommends that people avoid long or intense outdoor
activities and take frequent breaks until the air quality
improves.
$$
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.
$$
NEZ006>010-026>029-038-022200-
Keya Paha-Boyd-Brown-Rock-Holt-Blaine-Loup-Garfield-Wheeler-
Custer-
Including the cities of Springview, Spencer, Butte, Lynch,
Ainsworth, Bassett, Rose, O`Neill, Atkinson, Dunning, Purdum,
Brewster, Taylor, Burwell, Bartlett, Ericson, and Broken Bow
1220 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.
$$
