- Air Quality Alert for Chenango County, New York
- Air Quality Alert issued July 17 at 2:49PM EDT by NWS
- Effective: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 2:49 p.m.
- Expires: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 11 p.m.
...AIR QUALITY ALERT CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
CONTINUES THE AIR QUALITY HEALTH ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
SULLIVAN...DELAWARE...OTSEGO...BROOME...CHENANGO...MADISON...
ONEIDA...TIOGA...CORTLAND...ONONDAGA...CHEMUNG...TOMPKINS...CAYUGA...
SENECA...STEUBEN...SCHUYLER...YATES.
AIR QUALITY LEVELS IN OUTDOOR AIR ARE PREDICTED TO BE GREATER THAN
AN AIR QUALITY INDEX VALUE OF 100 FOR THE POLLUTANT OF OZONE.
THE AIR QUALITY INDEX...OR AQI...WAS CREATED AS AN EASY WAY TO
CORRELATE LEVELS OF DIFFERENT POLLUTANTS TO ONE SCALE. THE HIGHER
THE AQI VALUE, THE GREATER THE HEALTH CONCERN. WHEN POLLUTION
LEVELS ARE ELEVATED...THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
RECOMMENDS THAT INDIVIDUALS CONSIDER LIMITING STRENUOUS OUTDOOR
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS.
PEOPLE WHO MAY BE ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE TO THE EFFECTS OF ELEVATED
LEVELS OF POLLUTANTS INCLUDE THE VERY YOUNG, AND THOSE WITH PRE-
EXISTING RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SUCH AS ASTHMA OR HEART DISEASE.
THOSE WITH SYMPTOMS SHOULD CONSIDER CONSULTING THEIR PERSONAL
PHYSICIAN.
A TOLL FREE AIR QUALITY HOTLINE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED SO NEW YORK
RESIDENTS CAN STAY INFORMED ON THE AIR QUALITY SITUATION.
THE TOLL FREE NUMBER IS: 1 800, 5 3 5, 1 3 4 5.
- Air Quality Alert for Chenango County, New York
- Air Quality Alert issued July 17 at 2:49PM EDT by NWS
- Effective: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 2:49 p.m.
- Expires: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 11 p.m.
...AIR QUALITY ALERT CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
CONTINUES THE AIR QUALITY HEALTH ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
SULLIVAN...DELAWARE...OTSEGO...BROOME...CHENANGO...MADISON...
ONEIDA...TIOGA...CORTLAND...ONONDAGA...CHEMUNG...TOMPKINS...CAYUGA...
SENECA...STEUBEN...SCHUYLER...YATES.
AIR QUALITY LEVELS IN OUTDOOR AIR ARE PREDICTED TO BE GREATER THAN
AN AIR QUALITY INDEX VALUE OF 100 FOR THE POLLUTANT OF OZONE.
THE AIR QUALITY INDEX...OR AQI...WAS CREATED AS AN EASY WAY TO
CORRELATE LEVELS OF DIFFERENT POLLUTANTS TO ONE SCALE. THE HIGHER
THE AQI VALUE, THE GREATER THE HEALTH CONCERN. WHEN POLLUTION
LEVELS ARE ELEVATED...THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
RECOMMENDS THAT INDIVIDUALS CONSIDER LIMITING STRENUOUS OUTDOOR
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS.
PEOPLE WHO MAY BE ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE TO THE EFFECTS OF ELEVATED
LEVELS OF POLLUTANTS INCLUDE THE VERY YOUNG, AND THOSE WITH PRE-
EXISTING RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SUCH AS ASTHMA OR HEART DISEASE.
THOSE WITH SYMPTOMS SHOULD CONSIDER CONSULTING THEIR PERSONAL
PHYSICIAN.
A TOLL FREE AIR QUALITY HOTLINE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED SO NEW YORK
RESIDENTS CAN STAY INFORMED ON THE AIR QUALITY SITUATION.
THE TOLL FREE NUMBER IS: 1 800, 5 3 5, 1 3 4 5.