Headline:
Air Quality Alert issued June 4 at 11:39AM CDT by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
Event:
Air Quality Alert
Urgency:
Unknown
Effective:
June 4, 2026 - 9:39am
Expires:
June 4, 2026 - 9:00pm
Description:
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has issued an Air
Quality Advisory for the following counties: Dodge, Fond du Lac,
Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Rock, Sheboygan,
Walworth, Washington, and Waukesha.
WHAT...The Ozone AQI is expected to reach the Unhealthy for
Sensitive Groups (Orange) level.
WHERE...Southeast and east-central Wisconsin.
WHEN...From noon until 11 p.m. today.
Precautionary/Preparedness Actions:
Sensitive groups: Do not do long or intense outdoor activities.
Schedule outdoor activities in the morning when ozone is lower.
Consider moving activities indoors.
People with asthma: Follow your asthma action plan and keep
quick- relief medicine handy.
Everyone else: Reduce long or intense outdoor activity. Take more
breaks, do less intense activities. Schedule outdoor activities
in the morning when ozone is lower.
Additional Details: Unhealthy (Red) AQI ozone will be possible
within the lake breeze from Sheboygan south to Kenosha. These
ozone concentrations will be confined to the lake breeze, which
should struggle to push inland given the breezy SSW flow. Inland
of the lake breeze and further north along Lake Michigan and Green
Bay, Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (Orange) AQI ozone is
expected.
For more information on current air quality, please see:
https://airquality.wi.gov
Area Description:
Fond Du Lac; Sheboygan; Dodge; Washington; Ozaukee; Jefferson; Waukesha; Milwaukee; Rock; Walworth; Racine; Kenosha
Forcast Office:
NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI