# Air Quality Alert: Imperial County Southwest; Imperial County West; Imperial Valley — retained record

> Retained us-gov-api record from us-gov-api:noaa-weather.

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-09-15 17:02 ingested 2026-09-16 02:51

[original source ↗](http://www.weather.gov/)

## extract

Air Quality Alert — Imperial County Southwest; Imperial County West; Imperial Valley
Severity: Unknown. Certainty: Unknown.
* WHAT...The Imperial County APCD has issued an air quality alert
due to increased fine particle pollution from wildfire smoke.
Visit https://www.aqmd.gov/alertinfo to check current and forecasted
air quality levels.

* WHERE...Smoke from a fire in Mexico is moving towards western
Imperial County.. Levels of particle pollution can vary by time and
location depending on fire activity and local weather conditions.

* WHEN...tonight September 15 2026.

* IMPACTS...Particles in wildfire smoke can get deep into the lungs
and cause serious health problems such as heart attacks, strokes,
asthma attacks, and difficulty breathing. Everyone can be affected,
but people with lung or heart disease, older adults, people who are
pregnant, children, and those who spend a lot of time outdoors are
at greater risk.

## 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The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record.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.