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Air Quality Alert Message
Relayed by National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
712 AM EDT Fri Mar 22 2024

VAZ020-024-230400-
Bath-Rockbridge-
Including the cities of Hot Springs, Lexington, and Buena Vista
712 AM EDT Fri Mar 22 2024

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has issued a Code
Orange Air Quality Alert for Fine Particulates for Bath and 
Rockbridge Counties in Virginia, until midnight EST.

An Air Quality Alert means that Fine Particulates concentrations 
within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards.
People unusually sensitive to air pollution, especially those with 
heart or lung disease (including asthma), should avoid strenuous 
outdoor activities until conditions improve. People with asthma 
should follow their asthma action plans and keep quick-relief 
medicine handy. If you can see/smell smoke near the ground, consider
Code Orange or worse conditions and take the necessary precautions,
especially if you have existing heart or lung ailments including
asthma.

For additional information, please visit the Virginia Department of 
Environmental Quality's air quality website at: 
www.deq.virginia.gov/air/monitoring-assessments/air-quality- 
forecast.

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