Air Quality Alert
000
AEUS74 KLZK 081950
AQALZK
ARZ032-043>045-092000-
AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
250 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2009
...CODE ORANGE OZONE FORECAST FOR THURSDAY...
THE OZONE FORECAST FOR THURSDAY IS CODE ORANGE...WHICH MEANS ITS
TIME TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT OZONE POLLUTION IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND THE ARKANSAS
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAVE DECLARED AN OZONE ACTION ADVISORY FOR
THURSDAY...IN PULASKI...FAULKNER...LONOKE...AND SALINE COUNTIES.
CODE ORANGE CONDITIONS ARE UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS. ACTIVE
CHILDREN AND ADULTS...AND PEOPLE WITH RESPIRATORY DISEASE...SUCH AS
ASTHMA...SHOULD LIMIT PROLONGED OUTDOOR EXERTION ON THURSDAY.
SYMPTOMS OF OZONE EXPOSURE MAY INCLUDE SHORTNESS OF BREATH...
COUGHING...WHEEZING...HEADACHES...NAUSEA...AND EYE AND THROAT
IRRITATION.
TO HELP REDUCE OZONE FORMATION...CONSIDER CARPOOLING...WALKING...OR
RIDING THE BUS. AVOID DRIVING AT LUNCHTIME. POSTPONE OR COMBINE
ERRANDS. KEEP YOUR CAR WELL TUNED AND AVOID JACK RABBIT STARTS AND
EXCESSIVE IDLING. REFUEL MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOW LAWNS DURING THE
LATE AFTERNOON OR EVENING HOURS ONLY.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OZONE...CONTACT METRO PLAN AT
501-372-3300. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HEALTH EFFECTS...CALL
THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AT 501-661-2621 OR 501-661-2136.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY ALSO BE OBTAINED FROM THE AIR DIVISION
OF THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AT
501-682-0084.
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