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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
DUST STORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
219 PM CDT SUN MAY 3 2026
ILC021-115-173-031945-
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CHRISTIAN-SHELBY-MACON-
219 PM CDT SUN MAY 3 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* DUST STORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHWESTERN MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 245 PM CDT.
* AT 219 PM CDT, A DUST CHANNEL WAS NEAR MACON, OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF DECATUR, AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY WITH STRONG WIND IN EXCESS OF 40
MPH.
SOURCE...PUBLIC.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL.
* THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 125 AND 134.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DECATUR, MOWEAQUA, HARRISTOWN, BLUE MOUND, MACON, STONINGTON,
NIANTIC, BOODY, AND ELWIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DUST STORMS LEAD TO DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY
REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO. IF DRIVING, AVOID DUST STORMS IF POSSIBLE. IF
CAUGHT IN ONE, PULL OFF THE ROAD, TURN OFF YOUR LIGHTS AND KEEP YOUR
FOOT OFF THE BRAKE.
LAT...LON 3963 8923 3981 8922 3988 8921 3983 8892
3957 8895
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 295DEG 0KT 3970 8905
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