Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Baltimore/Washington
Areas Affected: Frederick; Carroll; Northwest Montgomery; Northwest Howard
Urgency: Unknown
Severity: Unknown
Certainty: Unknown
Alert Sent: Wednesday 4:43pm EDT
Alert Effective: Wednesday 4:40pm EDT
Alert Expires: Friday 12:00am EDT
Event Onset: Wednesday 4:40pm EDT
Issued by: NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY JULY 16 2026... The Maryland Department of the Environment has issued a Code ORANGE Air Quality Alert Thursday for the Maryland Piedmont region. A Code Orange Air Quality Alert means that air pollution concentrations within the region may become unhealthy for sensitive groups. Sensitive groups include children, people suffering from asthma, heart disease or other lung diseases and the elderly. The effects of air pollution can be minimized by avoiding strenuous activity or exercise outdoors. For more information on ground-level ozone and fine particles visit the web site mde.maryland.gov/programs/air/AirQualityMonitoring/Pages/index.aspx
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.89dabf007f82810e4344bcefb3cd2e952250d39e.005.1 Codes: MDZ004, MDZ005, MDZ503, MDZ505 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.89dabf007f82810e4344bcefb3cd2e952250d39e.005.1