{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.55c3a6b413ebc42d4a9c139023b7283cf22cfef7.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Air Quality Alert issued July 18 at 7:05AM EDT by NWS Charleston WV","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-18","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.55c3a6b413ebc42d4a9c139023b7283cf22cfef7.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Charleston WV"},"word_count":164,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Air Quality Alert: Air Quality Alert issued July 18 at 7:05AM EDT by NWS Charleston WV\n\n**Severity:** Unknown\n**Certainty:** Unknown\n**Urgency:** Unknown\n**Areas:** Mason; Jackson; Wood; Pleasants; Tyler; Roane; Wirt; Calhoun; Ritchie; Doddridge; Gilmer; Lewis; Harrison; Taylor; Upshur; Barbour\n**Issued by:** NWS Charleston WV\n**Sent:** 2026-07-18T07:05:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-18T07:05:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-19T00:00:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nWest Virginia Department of Environmental Protection - Air Quality\nDivision has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for Fine\nParticulates for West Virgina until midnight EDT tonight. Elevated\nfine particulate matter levels are anticipated to drop as the day\ngoes on today.\n\nA code Orange air quality alert means members of sensitive groups\nmay experience health effects. The general public is less likely to\nbe affected, but sensitive groups should take additional precautions.\nThese groups include children, the elderly, and people suffering\nfrom asthma, heart disease, or other lung diseases. The effects of\nair pollution can be minimized by avoiding outdoor exercise or\nstrenuous activity.\n\nCheck the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency`s www.AirNow.gov\nwebsite for current air monitor readings."}