# Air Quality Alert: Hancock; Brooke; Ohio; Marshall — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-07-17 00:09 ingested 2026-07-17 08:16

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

## extract

Air Quality Alert — Hancock; Brooke; Ohio; Marshall
Severity: Unknown. Certainty: Unknown.
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection - Air
Quality Division has issued a Code PURPLE Air Quality Alert for
the northern West Virginia panhandle for Friday, July 17th.

A Code Purple Air Quality Alert means everyone is at risk of health
effects. The effects of air pollution can be minimized by avoiding
strenuous activity or exercise outdoors. Everyone should seek
cleaner air indoors and keep activity levels low. While indoors, take
actions to improve indoor air quality such as:

- closing windows and minimize opening of doors
- if HVAC systems are not equipped with MERV-13 filters or higher,
use portable air cleaners
- avoid activities that make indoor air quality worse: burning
candles, using vacuums without a HEPA filter, using gas stoves
more than necessary, smoking, spraying aerosol products

For additional information, please visit the West Virginia
Department of Environmental Protection - Air Quality Division website
at: http://dep.wv.gov/daq/

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The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record.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