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AIR POLLUTION ALERT FOR DUST

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD

150 PM MST MON JAN 28 2008



...AIR POLLUTION ALERT FOR DUST FOR RAPID CITY WEST OF THE GAP

ISSUED UNTIL 500 AM TUESDAY MORNING...



NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW AT 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH THIS

EVENING. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SOME SNOW SHOWERS

ARE EXPECTED...WHICH MAY ACT TO SUBDUE SOME OF THE DUST.



THE GUSTY WINDS WILL SUSPEND FINE DUST IN THE AIR OVER WEST RAPID

CITY PRODUCING POOR AIR QUALITY.



THE RAPID CITY AIR QUALITY OFFICE RECOMMENDS THE ELDERLY...YOUNG...

AND ANYONE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS AVOID EXCESSIVE PHYSICAL

EXERTION AND EXPOSURE TO THE OUTSIDE AIR.



VOLUNTARY ACTIONS TO REDUCE DUST POLLUTION INCLUDE...CEASING OR

REDUCING THE MANIPULATION OF SOIL IN CONSTRUCTION...INDUSTRIAL...

AND AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES...AND INCREASING THE USE OF POLLUTION

CONTROLS FOR SOIL STABILIZATION...WASTE PITS...STOCK PILES...AND

CONSTRUCTION SITES.



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