Issued: Wed Oct 7 | 2:59 PM
In effect for: Crittenden; DeSoto; Shelby
Severe: Unknown
Certainty: Unknown
Urgency: Unknown
AQAMEG
The Shelby County Health Department has issued a Code Orange Ozone
Forecast effective for Shelby County Tennessee, Crittenden County
Arkansas, and DeSoto County Mississippi, including the city of
Memphis for Thursday. This ozone forecast is due to forecasted ozone
values that will be unhealthy for sensitive groups. These values
will exceed the Environmental Protection Agency’s federal safe
health standard. The Shelby County Health Department recommends that
sensitive groups which include active children and adults, and
people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, limit prolonged
outdoor exertion.
Please continue to check the latest air quality forecasts and
updates until monitored values return to safe levels. For more
information go to www.airnow.gov.
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