{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.93bca2656553b5ab37597da20ab56484383bfd82.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Air Quality Alert issued September 21 at 4:48PM CDT by NWS Memphis TN","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-09-21","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.93bca2656553b5ab37597da20ab56484383bfd82.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Memphis TN"},"word_count":148,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Air Quality Alert: Air Quality Alert issued September 21 at 4:48PM CDT by NWS Memphis TN\n\n**Severity:** Unknown\n**Certainty:** Unknown\n**Urgency:** Unknown\n**Areas:** Crittenden; DeSoto; Shelby\n**Issued by:** NWS Memphis TN\n**Sent:** 2026-09-21T16:53:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-09-21T16:48:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-09-21T20:30:00-05:00\n\n## Description\nAQAMEG\n\nThe Shelby County Health Department has issued a Code Orange Ozone\nHealth Advisory effective for Shelby County Tennessee, Crittenden\nCounty Arkansas, and DeSoto County Mississippi, including the city\nof Memphis that will remain in effect until sunset. This ozone\nhealth advisory is due to monitored ozone values that are unhealthy\nfor sensitive groups. These values have exceeded the Environmental\nProtection Agency's federal safe health standard. The Shelby County\nHealth Department recommends that sensitive groups which include\nactive children and adults, and people with respiratory disease,\nsuch as asthma, limit prolonged outdoor exertion.\n\nPlease continue to check the latest air quality forecasts and\nupdates until monitored values return to safe levels. For more\ninformation go to www.airnow.gov."}