AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
201 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2008

...CODE ORANGE OZONE FORECAST FOR THURSDAY...

THE OZONE FORECAST FOR THURSDAY IS CODE ORANGE...WHICH MEANS ITS TIME TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT OZONE POLLUTION IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAVE DECLARED AN OZONE ACTION ADVISORY FOR THURSDAY...IN PULASKI...FAULKNER...LONOKE...AND SALINE COUNTIES.

CODE ORANGE CONDITIONS ARE UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS. ACTIVE CHILDREN AND ADULTS...AND PEOPLE WITH RESPIRATORY DISEASE...SUCH AS ASTHMA...SHOULD LIMIT PROLONGED OUTDOOR EXERTION ON THURSDAY. SYMPTOMS OF OZONE EXPOSURE MAY INCLUDE SHORTNESS OF BREATH...
COUGHING...WHEEZING...HEADACHES...NAUSEA...AND EYE AND THROAT IRRITATION.

TO HELP REDUCE OZONE FORMATION...CONSIDER CARPOOLING...WALKING...OR RIDING THE BUS. AVOID DRIVING AT LUNCHTIME. POSTPONE OR COMBINE ERRANDS. KEEP YOUR CAR WELL TUNED AND AVOID JACK RABBIT STARTS AND EXCESSIVE IDLING. REFUEL MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOW LAWNS DURING THE
LATE AFTERNOON OR EVENING HOURS ONLY.