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<alert xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:emergency:cap:1.1"><!-- http-date = Thu, 16 Nov 2023 06:06:00 GMT --><identifier>NOAA-NWS-ALERTS-MD12666C7E4C78.AirQualityAlert.12666C8B9090MD.LWXAQALWX.29b4d406fd1a4db00717c9b0d03ca85c</identifier><sender>w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov</sender><sent>2023-11-16T13:06:00-05:00</sent><status>Actual</status><msgType>Alert</msgType><scope>Public</scope><note>Alert for Washington (Maryland) Issued by the National Weather Service</note><info><category>Met</category><event>Air Quality Alert</event><urgency>Unknown</urgency><severity>Unknown</severity><certainty>Unknown</certainty><eventCode><valueName>SAME</valueName><value/></eventCode><effective>2023-11-16T12:55:00-05:00</effective><expires>2023-11-17T00:00:00-05:00</expires><senderName>NWS Baltimore/Washington (Washington D.C., Central Maryland, Northern Virginia, Eastern West Virginia)</senderName><headline>Air Quality Alert issued November 16 at 1:06PM EST  by NWS Baltimore/Washington</headline><description>...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...Maryland Department of the Environment has issued a Code Orange AirQuality Action Day for Fine Particulates for the Hagerstown Regionuntil midnight EST tonight.An Air Quality Action Day means that fine particular concentrationswithin the region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards. Foradditional information, please visit the Maryland Department of theEnvironment at:www.mde.maryland.gov/programs/air/AirQualityMonitoring/Pages/index.aspxalertCTAsDict</description><instruction/><parameter><valueName>WMOHEADER</valueName><value/></parameter><parameter><valueName>UGC</valueName><value>MDZ003</value></parameter><parameter><valueName>VTEC</valueName><value/></parameter><parameter><valueName>TIME...MOT...LOC</valueName><value/></parameter><area><areaDesc>Washington</areaDesc><polygon/><geocode><valueName>FIPS6</valueName><value>024043</value></geocode><geocode><valueName>UGC</valueName><value>MDZ003</value></geocode></area></info></alert>
