Air Quality Alert
NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA ยท US
Details
Air Quality Alert Due To Harmful Fine Particle Pollution Levels
- Event
- Air Quality Alert
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Unknown
- Severity
- Unknown
- Certainty
- Unknown
- Response
- Monitor
Description
What
The South Coast AQMD has issued an air quality alert due to harmful levels of fine particle pollution. Visit https://www.aqmd.gov/alertinfo to check current and forecasted air quality levels.
Where
in Maywood, Bell Gardens, Westmont, Hawthorne and Manhattan Beach. Levels of particle pollution can vary by time and location depending on emissions and local weather conditions.
When
until 11:59 PM Wednesday.
Impacts
Particle pollution can get deep into the lungs and cause serious health problems such as heart attacks, bronchitis, asthma attacks, and difficulty breathing. Everyone can be affected, but sensitive groups such as 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, check air quality levels and act as needed: * When Air Quality Index (AQI) levels are "Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups" (orange), sensitive groups as specified above should limit extended or intense outdoor activity. * When AQI is "Unhealthy" (red), everyone may experience health impacts. Sensitive groups should avoid extended time outdoors. * When AQI is "Very Unhealthy" (purple), sensitive groups should avoid all outdoor physical activity. Everyone else should avoid extended or intense outdoor activity. * When AQI is "Hazardous" (maroon), everyone should avoid all outdoor physical activity. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... To help keep indoor air clean when air quality is poor: * Keep windows and doors closed * Run your air conditioner and/or an air purifier * 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
- Los Angeles County Beaches
- Los Angeles County Inland Coast including Downtown Los Angeles
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m10s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M73HTMJ5KW55FHVSZK0GV6E1
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.683d97c03149ab5485a9365414b2083dc4b41e2a.001.1
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Note
- Non-Weather Emergency Message. Not sent to IPAWS.
- Issuing office
- NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
- AWIPS ID
- CAPLOX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.3588
- WMO heading
- XOUS56
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 56
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | AQA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | AQALOX |
| WMOidentifier | AEUS76 KLOX 102018 |
| NWSheadline | AIR QUALITY ALERT DUE TO HARMFUL FINE PARTICLE POLLUTION LEVELS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Los Angeles County Beaches
- Los Angeles County Inland Coast including Downtown Los Angeles
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 006037 |
| UGC | CAZ366 |
| UGC | CAZ368 |