{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.df4199dd88f0d036058a8835a7b8d94f9d01f8ea.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Air Quality Alert issued July 18 at 1:56PM EDT by NWS Northern Indiana","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.df4199dd88f0d036058a8835a7b8d94f9d01f8ea.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Northern Indiana"},"word_count":187,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Air Quality Alert: Air Quality Alert issued July 18 at 1:56PM EDT by NWS Northern Indiana\n\n**Severity:** Unknown\n**Certainty:** Unknown\n**Urgency:** Unknown\n**Areas:** Elkhart; Lagrange; Steuben; Noble; De Kalb; Starke; Pulaski; Marshall; Fulton; Whitley; Allen; White; Cass; Miami; Wabash; Huntington; Wells; Adams; Grant; Blackford; Jay; Northern La Porte; Eastern St. Joseph; Northern Kosciusko; Southern La Porte; Western St. Joseph; Southern Kosciusko\n**Issued by:** NWS Northern Indiana\n**Sent:** 2026-07-18T13:56:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-18T13:56:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-20T00:00:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nThe officials at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management\nhave declared an Air Quality Action Day, in effect through Sunday\nJuly 19.\n\nAn Air Quality Action Day for Smoke has been issued. Smoke levels\nare expected to be in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups range.\nActive children and adults, and people with respiratory disease,\nsuch as asthma should limit prolonged outdoor exposure.\n\nDue to the observed and forecasted high concentrations of PM 2.5\nreadings values in the area, recommendations are for the public to\navoid or limite outdoor exposure to wildfire smoke, reduce or avoid\nexertion or heavy work outdoors and keep windows and doors closed as\nmuch as possible.\n\nFor additional information, please visit the IDEM Smog page at:\n\nhttp://www.in.gov/idem/airmonitoring/smogwatch/"}