Air Quality Alert
Expires 5:00 PM EDT on May 25, 2013
Statement as of 3:17 PM CDT on May 24, 2013
... Code Orange ozone forecast for Saturday...
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 Saturday. This ozone forecast is due to forecasted ozone
values that will be unhealthy for sensitive groups. These values will
exceed the environmental protection agencys 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.Midsouthcleanair.Org.
317 PM CDT Fri may 24 2013
... Code Orange ozone forecast for Saturday...
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 Saturday. This ozone forecast is due to forecasted ozone
values that will be unhealthy for sensitive groups. These values will
exceed the environmental protection agencys 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.Midsouthcleanair.Org.
