AIR QUALITY ALERT Issued for Friday
An Air Quality Alert has been issued by the National Weather Service in Louisville, The Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. It is in effect for tomorrow for more counties than we typically see in an Air Quality Alert. It includes Jefferson, Bullitt, Oldham, Floyd, Clark, Washington, Harrison, Perry, Dubois, Scott, and Jefferson (In) Counties from 10 am until midnight Friday. This only impacts some individuals. Read more about the alert below.
AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT
FRIDAY NIGHT...
The Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District and the Indiana
Department of Environmental Management have issued an Air Quality
Alert...in effect from 10 AM Friday to midnight EDT Friday night.
A Code Orange Air Quality Alert for Ozone has been issued for the
Louisville Metro Area.
Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The
general public is not likely to be affected. Sensitive groups include
the elderly...children...persons with asthma or other breathing
problems...and persons with lung and heart disease. People in these
groups are advised to limit their outdoor activities to reduce their
exposure to ozone and particulate pollution.
For more information, visit the Louisville Metro Air Pollution
Control District at http://www.louisvilleky.gov/apcd or the Indiana
Department of Environmental Management at http://www.in.gov/idem.
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