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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
320 AM CDT MON MAY 4 2026
ILZ003>005-008-010>012-041500-
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ROCKFORD, BELVIDERE, CRYSTAL LAKE,
ALGONQUIN, MCHENRY, WOODSTOCK, ROCHELLE, OREGON, BYRON, DIXON,
DEKALB, SYCAMORE, AURORA, AND ELGIN
320 AM CDT MON MAY 4 2026
..PATCHY BLOWING DUST IN OPEN AREAS THIS AFTERNOON
STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS, GUSTING WELL OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES LATE
THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN PATCHY BLOWING
DUST, PARTICULARLY IN OPEN AGRICULTURAL AREAS. BLOWING DUST COULD
LEAD TO LOCALLY REDUCED VISIBILITY.
IN ADDITION, THE GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH WARM
TEMPERATURES AND LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO RESULT IN A
HEIGHTENED FIRE DANGER AS WELL.
- IZZI
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