Clute, TX Weather Warnings

AIR QUALITY ALERT

Warning Issue Date:

105 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008

OZONE WATCH ISSUED FOR SATURDAY... THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY...HAS ISSUED AN OZONE WATCH FOR THE HOUSTON...GALVESTON...AND BRAZORIA AREAS FOR SATURDAY...JULY 19TH. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FAVORABLE FOR PRODUCING HIGH LEVELS OF OZONE POLLUTION IN THE HOUSTON...GALVESTON...AND BRAZORIA AREAS. ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS OF OZONE CAN ACT AS A LUNG IRRITANT. INDIVIDUALS WITH CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE...SUCH AS ASTHMA AND EMPHYSEMA...AND THE ELDERLY AND SMALL CHILDREN...ARE PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE TO OZONE AND SHOULD ATTEMPT TO AVOID EXPOSURE. TO AVOID EXPOSURE...MINIMIZE EXERTION OUTDOORS DURING THE MID-DAY TO EARLY EVENING HOURS OR STAY INDOORS IN AN AIR CONDITIONED AREA DURING THIS TIME. OZONE REACHING EXCESSIVE LEVELS AT ANY SITE IN THE AREA MAY MOVE TO OR FROM OTHER SITES WITHIN THE AREA...DEPENDING ON WIND DIRECTION AND OTHER FACTORS. EXCESSIVE LEVELS MAY LINGER UNTIL SUNSET. OZONE WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED IF AIR POLLUTION LEVELS ARE DETECTED AT UNHEALTHY LEVELS. $$