Air Quality Alert Message

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Air Quality Alert Message MD Dept of Environment and VA Dept of Environmental Quality Relayed by National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 440 PM EDT Thu Jul 16 2026 ...AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY JULY 17 2026... The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has issued a Code PURPLE Air Quality Alert Friday for Winchester and the eastern West Virginia Panhandle. For more information on ground-level ozone and fine particles visit the web site Virginia DEQ air quality web site at www.deq.virginia.gov