Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
000 AEUS74 KDMX 281354 AQIDMX AIR QUALITY INDEX STATEMENT IOWA ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY RELAYED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 854 AM CDT FRI AUG 28 2009 THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT WAS ISSUED BY THE IOWA ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY. ...IOWA POLLEN COUNTS PER CUBIC METER... REPORTING AREA NORTHWEST RAGWEED: 57 TOTAL POLLEN: 94 SIOUXLAND DISTRICT HEALTH DEPT. SIOUX CITY IA SOUTHWEST RAGWEED: 54 TOTAL POLLEN: 69 MUNICIPAL HEALTH DEPT. COUNCIL BLUFFS IA CENTRAL RAGWEED: 31 TOTAL POLLEN: 36 UNIVERSITY HYGIENIC LAB ANKENY IA EAST CENTRAL RAGWEED: 3 TOTAL POLLEN: 82 LINN COUNTY HEALTH DEPT. CEDAR RAPIDS IA NOTE...THE TOTAL POLLEN COUNT IS ALL POLLEN INCLUDING RAGWEED. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE MOLD SPORES. $$