{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.6acedb38c43834e2b8c0324a1a2877543f4b4933.011.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Air Quality Alert issued July 16 at 4:40PM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-16","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.6acedb38c43834e2b8c0324a1a2877543f4b4933.011.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC"},"word_count":68,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Air Quality Alert: Air Quality Alert issued July 16 at 4:40PM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC\n\n**Severity:** Unknown\n**Certainty:** Unknown\n**Urgency:** Unknown\n**Areas:** Extreme Western Allegany; Central and Eastern Allegany\n**Issued by:** NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC\n**Sent:** 2026-07-16T16:43:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-16T16:40:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-18T00:00:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nThe Maryland Department of the Environment has issued a Code\nPURPLE Air Quality Alert Friday for Western Maryland.\n\nFor more information on ground-level ozone\nand fine particles visit the web site\nmde.maryland.gov/programs/air/AirQualityMonitoring/Pages/index.aspx"}