Air Quality Alert issued October 13 at 2:33PM CDT by NWS Birmingham AL
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AQABMX The Alabama Department of Environmental Management, ADEM, has issued an Air Quality Alert for Jefferson and Shelby Counties for Wednesday, October 14. Under Code Orange conditions, ground level ozone concentrations are expected to reach levels that are unhealthy for sensitive groups. Children and people with asthma are individuals most at risk under these expected conditions. ADEM recommends the following actions during an air quality alert for ozone: Conserve electricity and set your air conditioner at a higher temperature. Limit driving and combine errands. Use the bus or car pool to work. Avoid use of gasoline powered lawn and garden equipment. Refuel cars and trucks after 6 PM. Limit engine idling. Use household, workshop, and garden chemicals in ways that keep evaporation to a minimum, or try to avoid them when poor air quality is forecast. If breathing becomes difficult, move indoors. For more information on what to do on an air quality alert day, visit the Environmental Protection Agency website at airnow.gov
- Event time
- Source last updated
- Current version retrieved
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- AL, US
- Severity
- Unknown
- area
- Jefferson; Shelby
- event
- Air Quality Alert
- onset
- 2026-10-13T14:33:00-05:00
- states
- ["AL"]
- urgency
- Unknown
- certainty
- Unknown
- effective
- 2026-10-13T14:33:00-05:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4f375478f31ae97ed68c76cf17140ab160ed1782.001.1
- references
- []
- message type
- Alert
- location basis
- Approximate: centers of the NWS zones listed in the alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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