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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
DUST STORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
600 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2025
ILC031-037-093-099-197-INC089-127-170100-
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KENDALL IL-LA SALLE IL-WILL IL-DE KALB IL-COOK IL-PORTER IN-LAKE IN-
600 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* DUST STORM WARNING FOR...
KENDALL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN LA SALLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHWESTERN WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN PORTER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...
NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.
* AT 558 PM CDT, A WALL OF DUST WAS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR
OTTAWA, IL TO NEAR WHEATFIELD, IN, MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY WITH STRONG WIND IN
EXCESS OF 50 MPH.
SOURCE...WEBCAM IMAGERY.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL.
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-39 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 66 AND 77.
I-55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 250 AND 269.
I-57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 339 AND 358.
I-80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 124 AND 155.
I-90 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 104 AND 107.
I-94 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 62 AND 74.
I-294 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 62 AND 74.
I-355 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 14.
INDIANA I-80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 16.
INDIANA I-90 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 37.
INDIANA I-94 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16 AND 32.
INDIANA I-65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 254 AND 261.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FRANKFORT SQUARE, PALOS HEIGHTS, DYER, PRESTON HEIGHTS, OAK LAWN,
MERRIONETTE PARK, ORLAND HILLS, TOWN OF PINES, BEVERLY SHORES,
CRESTWOOD, EAST CHICAGO, AVALON PARK, CALUMET CITY, LISBON, SOUTH
DEERING, SOUTH CHICAGO, SOUTH HAVEN, GLENWOOD, ROSELAND, GRIFFITH,
BURNS HARBOR, SHERIDAN, PALOS PARK, WHITING, AND HAMMOND.
THIS INCLUDES... INDIANA UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST, PURDUE UNIVERSITY
NORTHWEST HAMMOND, SANDWICH FAIRGROUNDS, UNIVERSITY OF ST. FRANCIS,
WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS FIELD, CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY...ROUTE 66
RACEWAY, CREDIT UNION 1 AMPHITHEATRE, INDIANA DUNES STATE AND
NATIONAL PARK, JOLIET JUNIOR COLLEGE, JOLIET SLAMMERS BASEBALL, LEWIS
UNIVERSITY, MORAINE VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, PRAIRIE STATE COLLEGE,
SOUTH SHORE RAIL CATS BASEBALL, SOUTH SUBURBAN COLLEGE, AND
TRI-COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.
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.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO A DUST STORM. PULL ASIDE STAY ALIVE!
LAT...LON 4146 8917 4163 8917 4163 8894 4171 8894
4173 8803 4169 8803 4169 8798 4174 8791
4175 8753 4169 8750 4167 8742 4164 8743
4162 8728 4171 8693 4148 8693
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 197DEG 38KT 4136 8878 4112 8727
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