Air Quality Alert Message

Full Alert Message

Air Quality Alert Message Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy Relayed by National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE 105 PM CDT Thu Jul 31 2025 The following is transmitted in collaboration with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy... WHAT...Air Quality Alert WHERE...Eastern and Central Nebraska WHEN... 07/31/2025 1:00 PM until 08/01/2025 5:00 PM POLLUTANT...PM 2.5 particulates AIR QUALITY INDEX...Moderate to Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups ADDITIONAL DETAILS... An alert for possible Moderate (Air Quality Index yellow category) to Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups air quality (Air Quality Index orange category) due to smoke has been issued for the following Nebraska counties: Adams, Antelope, Boone, Boyd, Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar, Clay, Cuming, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota, Dixon, Dodge, Douglas, Fillmore, Franklin, Gage, Garfield, Greeley, Hamilton, Holt, Howard, Jefferson, Johnson, Kearney, Knox, Lancaster, Madison, Merrick, Nance, Nemaha, Nuckolls, Otoe, Pawnee, Pierce, Platte, Polk, Richardson, Saline, Sarpy, Saunders, Seward, Sherman, Stanton, Thayer, Thurston, Valley, Washington, Wayne, York, from July 31, 1:00 pm through August 01, 5:00 pm. During Moderate (AQI yellow category) conditions, those who are unusually sensitive to particle pollution should consider reducing prolonged or heavy exertion. Smoke levels and wind directions are monitored by Nebraska and other states to predict when impacts to the air quality may occur. Air Quality alerts for smoke are issued for affected areas by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Water, Energy, and Environment and posted on agency webpages and social media sites. By notifying the media and local health departments, alerts help citizens protect their health by informing them of days where outdoor activities should be reduced or avoided to minimize exposure to smoke. Alerts are based on data available from weather forecasts, smoke plume modeling, satellite imagery, and from air quality monitors located in Omaha, Bellevue, Lincoln, Beatrice, Grand Island, and Scottsbluff.