Air Quality Alert - Buffalo NWS

Air Quality Alert

NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-

NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-

CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER...

NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE...BUFFALO...

BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...

WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE

1148 AM EDT TUE JUL 6 2010



...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING...



THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION HAS

ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY ALERT...IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS

EVENING.



AIR QUALITY LEVELS IN OUTDOOR AIR ARE PREDICTED TO BE GREATER THAN

AN AIR QUALITY INDEX VALUE OF 100 FOR THE POLLUTANT

OF OZONE. THE AIR QUALITY INDEX...OR AQI...WAS

CREATED AS AN EASY WAY TO CORRELATE LEVELS OF DIFFERENT POLLUTANTS

TO ONE SCALE. THE HIGHER THE AQI VALUE...THE GREATER THE HEALTH

CONCERN.



WHEN POLLUTION LEVELS ARE ELEVATED...THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT

OF HEALTH 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

PRE-EXISTING RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SUCH AS ASTHMA OR HEART DISEASE.

THOSE WITH SYMPTOMS SHOULD CONSIDER CONSULTING THEIR PERSONAL

PHYSICIAN.



A TOLL FREE AIR QUALITY HOTLINE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED SO NEW YORK

RESIDENTS CAN STAY INFORMED ON THE AIR QUALITY SITUATION. THE TOLL

FREE NUMBER IS: 1 800 5 3 5, 1 3 4 5.