Air Quality Alert 06/03/2025 08:29 for Iowa areas

Headline: 
Air Quality Alert issued June 3 at 10:29AM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA
Event: 
Air Quality Alert
Urgency: 
Unknown
Effective: 
June 3, 2025 - 8:29am
Expires: 
June 5, 2025 - 4:00am
Description: 
The Iowa DNR has issued an Air Quality Alert for all of Iowa through 6 AM Thursday. Intermittent heavy smoke is expected to impact most of Iowa over the next few days at levels considered unhealthy for sensitive groups or even unhealthy for healthy individuals. Sensitive groups include people with respiratory illness or heart disease, children, teenagers, the elderly, and outdoor workers. The DNR recommends that people avoid long or intense outdoor activities and take frequent breaks until the air quality improves.
Area Description: 
Lyon; Osceola; Dickinson; Emmet; Kossuth; Winnebago; Worth; Mitchell; Howard; Winneshiek; Allamakee; Sioux; O'Brien; Clay; Palo Alto; Hancock; Cerro Gordo; Floyd; Chickasaw; Plymouth; Cherokee; Buena Vista; Pocahontas; Humboldt; Wright; Franklin; Butler; Bremer; Fayette; Clayton; Woodbury; Ida; Sac; Calhoun; Webster; Hamilton; Hardin; Grundy; Black Hawk; Buchanan; Delaware; Dubuque; Monona; Crawford; Carroll; Greene; Boone; Story; Marshall; Tama; Benton; Linn; Jones; Jackson; Harrison; Shelby; Audubon; Guthrie; Dallas; Polk; Jasper; Poweshiek; Iowa; Johnson; Cedar; Clinton; Muscatine; Scott; Pottawattamie; Cass; Adair; Madison; Warren; Marion; Mahaska; Keokuk; Washington; Louisa; Mills; Montgomery; Adams; Union; Clarke; Lucas; Monroe; Wapello; Jefferson; Henry; Des Moines; Fremont; Page; Taylor; Ringgold; Decatur; Wayne; Appanoose; Davis; Van Buren; Lee
Forcast Office: 
NWS Des Moines IA