Air Quality Alert: Northern Erie; Southern Erie; Crawford

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Air Quality Alert — Northern Erie; Southern Erie; Crawford Severity: Unknown. Certainty: Unknown. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has issued a Code PURPLE Air Quality Alert for a portion of north central Pennsylvania including Warren, McKean, Elk, Erie, and Crawford Counties for Thursday, July 16th. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has issued a Code RED Air Quality Alert for the rest of Central Pennsylvania for Thursday, July 16th. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has issued a Code ORANGE Air Quality Alert for all of Central Pennsylvania for Friday, July 17th. Wildfire smoke from northern Minnesota and south central Canada will continue to result in unhealthy air quality through Friday. Everyone may experience health effects. Members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects. For more information on ground-level ozone and fine particles, visit www.airnow.gov, and www.aqpartners.state.pa.us.