{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.ccdc9849053048f9ab23dd9d6f9bcf18576ea5d2.002.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Air Quality Alert issued July 15 at 5:48PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-15","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.ccdc9849053048f9ab23dd9d6f9bcf18576ea5d2.002.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Wakefield VA"},"word_count":170,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Air Quality Alert: Air Quality Alert issued July 15 at 5:48PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA\n\n**Severity:** Unknown\n**Certainty:** Unknown\n**Urgency:** Unknown\n**Areas:** Dinwiddie; Prince George; Charles City; New Kent; Gloucester; James City; Chesapeake; Virginia Beach; Western Hanover; Eastern Hanover; Western Chesterfield; Eastern Chesterfield (Including Col. Heights); Western Henrico (Including the City of Richmond); Eastern Henrico; York; Newport News; Hampton/Poquoson; Isle of Wight; Suffolk; Norfolk; Portsmouth\n**Issued by:** NWS Wakefield VA\n**Sent:** 2026-07-15T17:48:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-15T17:48:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-17T00:00:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nThe Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has issued a Code\nORANGE Air Quality Alert across the Richmond Metro Area and the\nHampton Roads Area...for Ground Level Ozone...from midnight tonight\nto midnight EDT Thursday night.\n\nA Code Orange Air Quality Alert means that air pollution\nconcentrations within the region may become unhealthy for sensitive\ngroups. Sensitive groups include children...people suffering from\nasthma... heart disease or other lung diseases...and the elderly.\nThe effects of air pollution can be minimized by avoiding strenuous\nactivity or exercise outdoors.\n\nFor additional information...please visit the Virginia D E Q Air\nQuality Web Site at http://www.deq.virginia.gov/AQforecast"}