Air Quality Alert
NWS Phoenix AZ ยท US
Details
Air Quality Alert For Harmful Fine Particle Pollution Levels Due To Wildfire Smoke
- Event
- Air Quality Alert
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Unknown
- Severity
- Unknown
- Certainty
- Unknown
- Response
- Monitor
Description
What
The Imperial County APCD has issued an air quality alert due to increased fine particle pollution from wildfire smoke. Visit https://www.aqmd.gov/alertinfo to check current and forecasted air quality levels.
Where
Smoke from a fire in Mexico is moving towards western Imperial County.. Levels of particle pollution can vary by time and location depending on fire activity and local weather conditions.
When
tonight September 15 2026.
Impacts
Particles in wildfire smoke can get deep into the lungs and cause serious health problems such as heart attacks, strokes, asthma attacks, and difficulty breathing. Everyone can be affected, but people with lung or heart disease, older adults, people who are pregnant, children, and those who spend a lot of time outdoors are at greater risk.
Instructions
To protect your health, if you smell or see smoke: * Remain indoors with windows and doors closed * Avoid intense outdoor physical activity * Run your air conditioner and/or an air purifier * If you must be outdoors, keep the time brief and wear a well- fitting N-95 mask * Do not use whole house fans or swamp coolers that bring in outside air if you have other methods to stay cool * Avoid other sources of pollution such as fireplaces, candles, incense, grilling, and gasoline-powered lawn and garden equipment
Affected areas
- Imperial County Southwest
- Imperial County West
- Imperial Valley
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Phoenix AZ
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m13s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2KRCM046K3GTY50WGNY45ZS
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f1d1366818837c21bfe42d0815510c7b6f729cdd.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Note
- Non-Weather Emergency Message. Not sent to IPAWS.
- Issuing office
- NWS Phoenix AZ
- AWIPS ID
- CAPPSR
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.39
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | AQA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | AQAPSR |
| WMOidentifier | AEUS75 KPSR 160002 |
| NWSheadline | AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR HARMFUL FINE PARTICLE POLLUTION LEVELS DUE TO WILDFIRE SMOKE |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Imperial County Southwest
- Imperial County West
- Imperial Valley
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 006025 |
| UGC | CAZ562 |
| UGC | CAZ566 |
| UGC | CAZ567 |