Plano, TX Weather Warnings

AIR QUALITY ALERT

Warning Issue Date:

252 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2008

AIR POLLUTION WATCH LEVEL ORANGE... AIR POLLUTION WATCH - LEVEL ORANGE - FOR DALLAS-FORT WORTH. THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (TCEQ) HAS ISSUED A LEVEL ORANGE AIR POLLUTION WATCH FOR THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA FOR SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FAVORABLE FOR PRODUCING HIGH LEVELS OF OZONE AIR POLLUTION IN THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA ON SATURDAY. OZONE LEVELS COULD REACH THE LEVEL ORANGE "UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS" CATEGORY. ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS OF OZONE CAN ACT AS A LUNG IRRITANT. INDIVIDUALS WITH CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE, SUCH AS ASTHMA AND EMPHYSEMA, AS WELL AS THE ELDERLY AND YOUNG 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 ROOM DURING THIS TIME. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OZONE, VISIT THE TCEQ OZONE DATA PAGE: (USE LOWER CASE LETTERS) WWW.TCEQ.STATE.TX.US/NAV/DATA/OZONE_DATA.HTML ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE OBTAINED FROM THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES: TCEQ DFW OFFICE, 817-588-5800 NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS MS. AMANDA BRIMMER, 817-608-2354 CITY OF DALLAS MR. JOHN KOLLER OR MR. DAVID MILLER, P.E., 214-948-4435 CITY OF FORT WORTH MS. HAILY SUMMERFORD, 817-871-8570 TARRANT COUNTY MR. SAM ADAMIE, R.S. OR MR. DAVID JEFFERSON, R.S., 817-321-4973 NORTH TEXAS CLEAN AIR COALITION MS. SHANNON MORRIS, 972-621-0400 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY MR. JIM AFGHANI, 214-665-6613 OR MR. JAN MONEYSMITH, 214-665-2729 OR MR. JIM YARBROUGH, 214-665-7232 AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION MS. TESSIE HOLLOWAY, 214-631-5864 $$