Headline:
Air Quality Alert issued September 13 at 6:17PM CDT by NWS Memphis TN
Event:
Air Quality Alert
Urgency:
Unknown
Effective:
September 13, 2026 - 4:17pm
Expires:
September 13, 2026 - 6:30pm
Description:
AQAMEG
The Shelby County Health Department has issued a Code Orange Ozone
Health Advisory effective for Shelby County Tennessee, Crittenden
County Arkansas, and DeSoto County Mississippi, including the city
of Memphis that will remain in effect until one hour after sunset.
This ozone health advisory is due to monitored ozone values that are
unhealthy for sensitive groups. These values have exceeded the
Environmental Protection Agency's federal safe health standard. The
Shelby County Health Department recommends that sensitive groups
which include active children and adults, and people with
respiratory disease, such as asthma, limit prolonged outdoor
exertion.
Please continue to check the latest air quality forecasts and updates
until monitored values return to safe levels. For more information go
to www.airnow.gov.
Area Description:
Crittenden; DeSoto; Shelby
Forcast Office:
NWS Memphis TN
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov