{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.ca54c6d8819b0d62652978d4f70a7b9cbca1da2b.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Air Quality Alert issued July 16 at 7:16AM CDT by NWS La Crosse WI","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.ca54c6d8819b0d62652978d4f70a7b9cbca1da2b.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS La Crosse WI"},"word_count":266,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Air Quality Alert: Air Quality Alert issued July 16 at 7:16AM CDT by NWS La Crosse WI\n\n**Severity:** Unknown\n**Certainty:** Unknown\n**Urgency:** Unknown\n**Areas:** Wabasha; Dodge; Olmsted; Winona; Fillmore; Houston\n**Issued by:** NWS La Crosse WI\n**Sent:** 2026-07-16T07:16:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-16T07:16:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-17T11:15:00-05:00\n\n## Description\n* WHAT...The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an Air\nQuality Alert for fine particles pollution. The Air Quality Index\n(AQI) is expected to reach the Red or Unhealthy category.\n\n* WHERE...Southeastern Minnesota.\n\n* WHEN...Until 11 AM CDT Friday.\n\n* IMPACTS... Some members of the general public may experience\nhealth effects. Sensitive groups, such as people with lung disease\n(including asthma), heart disease, and children and older adults,\nmay experience health effects.\n\n* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... Dense smoke is being pulled by a quasi-\nstationary front across southern Minnesota. While the front has stalled\nsmoke has continued to move south along the Mississippi River\nValley and may continue to do so today. There will be a sharp\ngradient of smoke, with some areas of the same counties\nexperiencing Good/Green air quality while other experience\nRed/Unhealthy for All conditions as the front slowly moves south.\nConditions will gradually improve by Friday morning as the front\nretreats northward.\n\n## Instructions\nSensitive groups, such as people with lung disease (including\nasthma), heart disease, and children and older adults, should remain\nindoors and keep activity levels low. The general public should avoid\nall physical activities outdoors. Reduce or eliminate activities\nthat contribute to air pollution, such as outdoor burning, and use of\nresidential wood burning devices. Reduce vehicle trips and vehicle\nidling as much as possible. Keep windows closed overnight to prevent\nsmoke from getting indoors."}