AIR POLLUTION ALERT FOR DUST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
818 AM MST FRI JAN 26 2007

...AIR POLLUTION ALERT FOR DUST FOR RAPID CITY WEST OF THE GAP UNTIL
500 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED TODAY. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATER THIS
AFTERNOON.

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.