Air Quality Alert in Emmet County, Michigan

Issued by the National Weather Service and archived by Claims Pages
EXPIRED 8/3/2025 11:01:00 AM (UTC) Urgency: Unknown Severity: Unknown Certainty: Unknown
8/3/2025 11:01:00 AM until 8/4/2025 11:45:00 PM
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars through flooded areas. River forecasts are based on current conditions and rainfall forecasted to occur over the next 24 hours. During periods of flooding...Evening forecasts are reissued with updated rainfall forecasts. Observed and forecasted stage data plots are available on our Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service web page at... www.weather.gov/lzk Under the Current Conditions section...Select River and Lakes AHPS. The next statement will be issued Monday morning at 1015 AM CDT.
An Air Quality Advisory issued by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality remains in effect through Monday August 4. This is due to elevated levels of fine particulates (PM2.5). Pollutants are expected to be in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups range...with some areas reaching the Unhealthy range. The alert is in effect for the following Michigan Counties, Chippewa, Mackinac, Emmet, Cheboygan, Presque Isle, Leelanau, Antrim, Otsego, Montmorency, Alpena, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Crawford, Oscoda, Alcona, Manistee, Wexford, Missaukee, Roscommon, Ogemaw, Iosco, Gladwin, and Arenac. Wildfire smoke from Canada will persist through at least Monday. Overall hourly concentrations look to diminish but are expected to remain in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups range. It is recommended that, when possible, you avoid strenuous outdoor activities, especially those with heart disease and respiratory diseases such as asthma. Monitor for symptoms such as wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, dizziness, or burning in nose, throat, and eyes. Reduce or eliminate activities that contribute to air pollution, such as outdoor burning, and use of residential wood burning devices. Keep windows closed overnight to prevent smoke from getting indoors and, if possible, run central air conditioning with MERV-13 or higher rated filters. For further information, please see EPA's Air Now site for up-to- date air quality data at https://www.airnow.gov For further health information, please see MDHHS' Wildfire Smoke and Your Health site at https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety-injury- prev/environmental-health/your-health-and-wildfire-smoke.
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