# Air Quality Alert: Lake; Porter; Newton; Jasper — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-07-16 13:28 ingested 2026-07-17 08:18

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Air Quality Alert — Lake; Porter; Newton; Jasper
Severity: Unknown. Certainty: Unknown.
The officials at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management
have extended the Air Quality Action Day until midnight Friday Night.

An Air Quality Action Day for Wildfire Smoke and PM 2.5 has been
issued. Fine particulate levels are expected to be in the Very
Unhealthy (Purple) range today and in the Unhealthy (Red) range on
Friday. Active children and adults, and people with respiratory
disease, such as asthma should avoid prolonged outdoor exposure.

Here are some recommended actions that the public can take:

* Walk, bike, carpool or use public transportation.
* Avoid using the drive-through and combine errands into one trip.
* Avoid refueling your vehicle or using gasoline-powered lawn
equipment until after 7pm.
* Turn off your engine when idling for more than 30 seconds.
* Conserve energy by turning off lights or setting the air
conditioner to 75 degrees or above.

For additional information, please visit the IDEM Smog page at:

http://www.in.gov/idem/airmonitoring/smogwatch/

## retained text

The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.