Air Quality Alert
NWS Houston/Galveston TX ยท US
Details
Ozone Action Day
- Event
- Air Quality Alert
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Unknown
- Severity
- Unknown
- Certainty
- Unknown
- Response
- Monitor
Description
AQAHGX The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has issued an Ozone Action Day for the Houston, Galveston, and Brazoria area for Saturday, September 26, 2026. Atmospheric conditions are expected to be favorable for producing high levels of ozone pollution in the Houston, Galveston, and surrounding areas on Saturday. You can help prevent ozone pollution by sharing a ride, walking, riding a bicycle, taking your lunch to work, avoiding drive through lanes, conserving energy and keeping your vehicle properly tuned. For more information on ozone: Ozone: The Facts www.tceq.texas.gov/airquality/monops/ozonefacts.html EPA AirNow: www.airnow.gov/?city=Houston&state=TX&country=USA Take Care of Texas: www.takecareoftexas.org/conservation-tips/keep-our-air-clean
Affected areas
- Inland Harris
- Inland Brazoria
- Inland Galveston
- Coastal Harris
- Coastal Brazoria
- Coastal Galveston
- Brazoria Islands
- Galveston Island
- Bolivar Peninsula
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Houston/Galveston TX
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~26s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3D575GY3ZN7SH1RRHWTZTXT
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.91fdb76ef55a24912199da05142df2bc9857c67d.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 Houston/Galveston TX
- AWIPS ID
- CAPHGX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.4438
- WMO heading
- XOUS54
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 54
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | AQA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | AQAHGX |
| WMOidentifier | AEUS74 KHGX 252048 |
| NWSheadline | Ozone Action Day |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Inland Harris
- Inland Brazoria
- Inland Galveston
- Coastal Harris
- Coastal Brazoria
- Coastal Galveston
- Brazoria Islands
- Galveston Island
- Bolivar Peninsula
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 048201 |
| SAME | 048039 |
| SAME | 048167 |
| UGC | TXZ213 |
| UGC | TXZ237 |
| UGC | TXZ238 |
| UGC | TXZ313 |
| UGC | TXZ337 |
| UGC | TXZ338 |
| UGC | TXZ437 |
| UGC | TXZ438 |
| UGC | TXZ439 |