Air Quality Alert issued March 18 at 1:10PM MDT by NWS Pueblo CO

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has issued the following... WHAT...Air Quality Health Advisory for Blowing Dust. WHERE...Saguache, Rio Grande, Alamosa, Costilla, Conejos, Pueblo, Huerfano, Las Animas, Lincoln, Crowley, Otero, Kit Carson, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Bent, Prowers and Baca Counties. Locations include, but are not limited to Saguache, Del Norte, South Fork, Alamosa, San Luis, Conejos, Pueblo, Walsenburg, Kim, Trinidad, Limon, Ordway, La Junta, Burlington, Cheyenne Wells, Eads, Las Animas, Lamar and Springfield. WHEN...1000 AM Tuesday March 18 to 700 PM Tuesday March 18 IMPACTS...Strong winds may produce blowing dust on Tuesday. Blowing dust should decrease by early Tuesday evening as winds decrease. HEALTH INFORMATION...Public Health Recommendations: If significant blowing dust is present and reducing visibility to less than 10 miles across a wide area, People with heart or lung disease, older adults, and children in the affected area should reduce prolonged or heavy indoor and outdoor exertion.

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The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has issued the following... WHAT...Air Quality Health Advisory for Blowing Dust. WHERE...Saguache, Rio Grande, Alamosa, Costilla, Conejos, Pueblo, Huerfano, Las Animas, Lincoln, Crowley, Otero, Kit Carson, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Bent, Prowers and Baca Counties. Locations include, but are not limited to Saguache, Del Norte, South Fork, Alamosa, San Luis, Conejos, Pueblo, Walsenburg, Kim, Trinidad, Limon, Ordway, La Junta, Burlington, Cheyenne Wells, Eads, Las Animas, Lamar and Springfield. WHEN...1000 AM Tuesday March 18 to 700 PM Tuesday March 18 IMPACTS...Strong winds may produce blowing dust on Tuesday. Blowing dust should decrease by early Tuesday evening as winds decrease. HEALTH INFORMATION...Public Health Recommendations: If significant blowing dust is present and reducing visibility to less than 10 miles across a wide area, People with heart or lung disease, older adults, and children in the affected area should reduce prolonged or heavy indoor and outdoor exertion.
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