AEUS72 KRAH 240122
AQARAH

Air Quality Alert Message
Relayed by National Weather Service Raleigh NC
922 PM EDT Thu Apr 23 2026

NCZ073>075-083>086-088-240132-
Stanly-Montgomery-Moore-Anson-Richmond-Scotland-Hoke-Cumberland-
Including the cities of Albemarle, Troy, Southern Pines, Pinehurst, 
Aberdeen, Carthage, Wadesboro, Polkton, Rockingham, Ellerbe, 
Laurinburg, Camp Mackall, Wagram, Raeford, Fayetteville, 
Spring Lake, and Hope Mills
1110 AM EDT Thu Apr 23 2026

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality in Raleigh NC
has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for Ground Level
Ozone, until 8 PM EDT this evening for the southern Piedmont and
Sandhills. 

An Air Quality Action Day means that Ground Level Ozone
concentrations within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy
standards. For additional information, please visit the North
Carolina Division of Air Quality Web site at
https://airquality.climate.ncsu.edu

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