{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.e73a5392144bc3acfd7c5c653424824c8bca85ad.002.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Air Quality Alert issued July 17 at 12:37PM EDT by NWS Northern Indiana","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-17","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.e73a5392144bc3acfd7c5c653424824c8bca85ad.002.1","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":298,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Air Quality Alert: Air Quality Alert issued July 17 at 12:37PM 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; Cass; Miami; Wabash; Huntington; Wells; Adams; Grant; Blackford; Jay; Eastern St. Joseph; Northern Kosciusko; Western St. Joseph; Southern Kosciusko\n**Issued by:** NWS Northern Indiana\n**Sent:** 2026-07-17T12:37:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-17T12:37:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-19T00:00:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nThe officials at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management\nhave declared an Air Quality Action Day, in effect from Friday\nthrough Monday.\n\nHeavy smoke is lingering for the northern half of Indiana currently\ndivided by a stationary front. The front will lift north later Friday\nproviding a brief break in levels before a system late Saturday\nwill bring another round of smoke. High pressure in place Sunday\nand Monday will recirculate the smoke over most of the state with the\nprimary concern remaining the northern half of Indiana. This smoke,\nin addition to the other meteorological factors such as light\nwinds and predicted flow from the north, will produce high PM2.5\nreadings.\n\n- Friday: Very Unhealthy conditions for Northeast and North Central\nIndiana.\n- Saturday: Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (USG) conditions for\nNortheast and North Central Indiana.\n- Sunday: Unhealthy conditions for Northeast and North Central Indiana.\n- Monday: Unhealthy conditions for Northeast and North Central Indiana.\n\nHere are some recommended actions that the public can take:\n\n* Walk, bike, carpool or use public transportation.\n* Avoid using the drive-through and combine errands into one trip.\n* Avoid refueling your vehicle or using gasoline-powered lawn\nequipment until after 7pm.\n* Turn off your engine when idling for more than 30 seconds.\n* Conserve energy by turning off lights or setting the air\nconditioner to 75 degrees or above.\n\nFor additional information, please visit the IDEM Smog page at:\n\nhttp://www.in.gov/idem/airmonitoring/smogwatch/"}