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Air Quality Alert Message
Relayed by National Weather Service Rapid City SD
158 AM MST Tue Feb 25 2025

SDZ026-260000-
Rapid City-
Including the city of Rapid City
158 AM MST Tue Feb 25 2025

...AIR POLLUTION ALERT FOR DUST FOR RAPID CITY WEST OF THE GAP IN
EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...

The following message is transmitted in collaboration with the
South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

* WHAT...Northwesterly winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45
  mph.

* WHERE...West of the Gap in Rapid City.

* WHEN...9 AM to 5 PM MST this afternoon.

IMPACTS...The gusty winds will suspend fine dust in the air and
produce poor air quality.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

The Rapid City Air Quality Office recommends the elderly, young,
and anyone with respiratory problems avoid excessive physical
exertion and exposure to the outside air.

Voluntary actions to reduce dust pollution include, ceasing or
reducing the manipulation of soil in construction, industrial,
and agricultural activities, and increasing the use of pollution
controls for soil stabilization, waste pits, stock piles, and
construction sites.

&&

Hourly dust concentrations are available on the danr web page
http://danr.sd.gov/Environment/AirQuality/AirMonitoring/
RealTimeData.aspx

$$