# Air Quality Alert: Butler; Beaver; Allegheny; Armstrong; Washington; Westmoreland; Westmoreland Ridges; Fayette; Fayette Ridges — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-07-15 16:30 ingested 2026-07-16 08:18

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Air Quality Alert — Butler; Beaver; Allegheny; Armstrong; Washington; Westmoreland; Westmoreland Ridges; Fayette; Fayette Ridges
Severity: Unknown. Certainty: Unknown.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has
issued a code RED air quality alert for Thursday, for the greater
Pittsburgh region, including Allegheny, Butler, Beaver, Armstrong,
Washington, Westmoreland and Fayette counties.

A code RED air quality alert means that air pollution
concentrations within the local region are unhealthful for the
general population. The effects of air pollution can be minimized
by avoiding outdoor exercise or strenuous activity.

For more information on ground-level ozone and
fine particles, visit http://www.airnow.gov and
https://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/AQPartnersWeb/

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The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record.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