Sturgeon Bay, WI Weather Warnings

AIR QUALITY ALERT

Warning Issue Date:

1120 AM CST SAT NOV 21 2009

...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY ISSUED FOR EASTERN WISCONSIN... THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES HAS ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR FINE PARTICULATES WHICH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON SUNDAY. THIS ADVISORY AFFECTS THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE COUNTIES OF BROWN...KEWAUNEE AND MANITOWOC. THE AIR QUALITY INDEX EITHER EXCEEDS OR IS EXPECTED TO SOON EXCEED THE UNHEALTHY LEVEL FOR PEOPLE IN SENSITIVE GROUPS INCLUDING CHILDREN...ELDERLY PEOPLE...INDIVIDUALS WITH RESPIRATORY AND CARDIAC PROBLEMS...OR ANYONE ENGAGED IN STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME. THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WILL ALSO CONTINUE THE AIR QUALITY WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN AND INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT PARTICLE POLLUTION CONCENTRATIONS WILL REACH UNHEALTHY LEVELS FOR PEOPLE IN SENSITIVE GROUPS IN ALL WISCONSIN COUNTIES SOUTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM SOMERSET IN WESTERN WISCONSIN...TO MERRILL TO MARINETTE TO STURGEON BAY. TO HELP PREVENT POLLUTION FROM REACHING UNHEALTHY LEVELS... PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ENCOURAGED TO HELP DECREASE AIR POLLUTION BY REDUCING DRIVING WHEN POSSIBLE...AVOID BURNING LEAVES...GRASS...BRUSH...OR WOOD...MINIMIZE VEHICLE ENGINE IDLING...POSTPONE USING SMALL GAS OR DIESEL POWERED OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT...AND PRACTICE ENERGY CONSERVATION. FOR CURRENT INFORMATION ON AIR QUALITY READINGS PLEASE CALL THE DAILY AIR HOTLINE AT 1-866-DAILYAIR...1-866-324-5924. $$