Full Notification

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has declared Wednesday June 7th and Thursday June 8th to be an Action Day for elevated levels of fine particulate in Southern Michigan counties. Pollutants are expected to be in the Unhealthy For Sensitive Groups range, with some hourly concentrations reaching the Unhealthy range. The Action Day includes the following counties in south-central Lower Michigan... Gratiot, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Kalamazoo, Calhoun, and Jackson. Smoke originating from wildfires in Quebec and Ontario Canada are currently impacting PM2.5 concentrations at the surface across much of Michigan. The Air Quality Index is expected to range from the Unhealthy For Sensitive Groups level with some hourly concentrations reaching the Unhealthy level. It is recommended that active children and adults, and persons with respiratory diseases such as asthma, limit prolonged outdoor exertion. For further information please see the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy page on the internet at... michigan.gov/EGLE, or deqmiair.org.

* AFFECTED AREAS: GRATIOT ... CLINTON ... EATON ... INGHAM ... KALAMAZOO ... CALHOUN ... JACKSON