# HEADLINE
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AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY JULY 17
# SUMMARY
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An Air Quality Advisory for ground level fine particles has been issued by the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency for Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage and Summit Counties.
The advisory is from midnight tonight to midnight Friday night.
A code MAROON air quality alert means that air pollution concentrations within the local region are extremely hazardous for the general population. Efforts to minimize effects, even indoors, may be difficult to impossible. Follow local emergency instructions via television or radio.
To help our region reduce air pollution:
- Drive less: bike, walk, use transit, work from home, combine trips
- Visit gohiocommute.com/noaca - Find a smarter way to travel!
- Don't idle - Turn off your engine
- Refill your tank after sunset
- Wait to mow the lawn
# DETAILS
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ISSUED AT
Thursday, July 16, 2026 at 5:30 PM EDT
ISSUED BY
Relayed by National Weather Service Cleveland OH
HEADER
Air Quality Alert Message
# AREAS AFFECTED
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Ashtabula Inland, Ashtabula Lakeshore, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage, Summit
Including the cities of Lorain, Elyria, North Ridgeville, Avon Lake, Cleveland, Mentor, Willoughby, Eastlake, Painesville, Willowick, Wickliffe, Chardon, South Russell, Bainbridge, Chesterland, Middlefield, Burton, Jefferson, Orwell, Andover, Roaming Shores, Brunswick, Medina, Wadsworth, Akron, Kent, Aurora, Streetsboro, Ravenna, Ashtabula, Conneaut, and Geneva