NOAA-NWS-ALERTS-VA12666C7DEA6C.AirQualityAlert.12666C8B9090VA.RNKAQARNK.d63b08e0b145ae5e8f9c673d0027e89ew-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov2023-11-16T10:55:00-05:00ActualAlertPublicAlert for Amherst; Bedford; Rockbridge (Virginia) Issued by the National Weather ServiceMetAir Quality AlertUnknownUnknownUnknownSAME2023-11-16T08:40:00-05:002023-11-17T00:00:00-05:00NWS Blacksburg (Southwest Virginia)Air Quality Alert issued November 16 at 10:55AM EST by NWS Blacksburg...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has issued a Code RedAir Quality Action Day for Fine Particulates from the wildfire smoke forAmherst, Bedford, and Rockbridge Counties until midnight tonight.Active children and adults should limit or reschedule strenuousoutdoor activities until conditions improve. People unusuallysensitive to air pollution, especially those with heart or lungdisease (including asthma), should avoid strenuous outdoor activitiesuntil conditions improve. Take more breaks, do less intenseactivities. People with asthma should follow their asthma actionplans and keep quick-relief medicine handy.An Air Quality Action Day means that Fine Particulate concentrationswithin the region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards. Foradditional information, please visit the Virginia Department ofEnvironmental Quality at: www.deq.virginia.govalertCTAsDictWMOHEADERUGCVAZ024-034-035VTECTIME...MOT...LOCAmherst; Bedford; RockbridgeFIPS6051009FIPS6051019FIPS6051163FIPS6051530FIPS6051678UGCVAZ024UGCVAZ034UGCVAZ035