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WWUS53 KLOT 162317
DSWLOT
DUST STORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
617 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2025
ILC063-091-093-099-197-INC073-089-111-127-170030-
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KENDALL IL-LA SALLE IL-WILL IL-GRUNDY IL-KANKAKEE IL-NEWTON IN-
PORTER IN-LAKE IN-JASPER IN-
617 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2025
...A DUST STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN KENDALL...LA SALLE...WILL...GRUNDY...KANKAKEE...NORTHERN
NEWTON...SOUTHERN PORTER...LAKE AND NORTHERN JASPER COUNTIES...
AT 616 PM CDT, A WALL OF DUST WAS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR
OTTAWA, IL TO NEAR KOUTS, IN, MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY WITH STRONG WIND IN
EXCESS OF 50 MPH.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL.
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-39 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41 AND 65.
I-55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 219 AND 248.
I-57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 302 AND 337.
I-80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 73 AND 123.
INDIANA I-65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 221 AND 252.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHEATFIELD, CEDAR LAKE, LIMESTONE, OGLESBY, ROSELAWN, MARSEILLES,
DEMOTTE, CHANNAHON, HOPKINS PARK, OTTAWA, ELWOOD, LA SALLE, KANGLEY,
MANTENO, RUTLAND, ST. JOHN, NAPLATE, AROMA PARK, DANA, PARR, GODLEY,
MANHATTAN, MALDEN, PERU, AND CRETE.
THIS INCLUDES... VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY, BUFFALO ROCK STATE PARK,
CHANNAHON STATE PARK, GEBHARD WOODS STATE PARK, GOVERNORS STATE
UNIVERSITY, GRUNDY COUNTY SPEEDWAY AND FAIRGROUNDS, ILLINI STATE
PARK, ILLINOIS VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, KANKAKEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE,
KANKAKEE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS AND SPEEDWAY, KANKAKEE RIVER STATE PARK,
LAKE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, MATTHIESSEN STATE PARK, OLIVET NAZARINE
UNIVERSITY, PORTER COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, STARVED ROCK STATE PARK, WILL
COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, AND WILLIAM G STRATTON STATE PARK.
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, THEN 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 4099 8825 4111 8826 4111 8893 4093 8893
4093 8905 4110 8905 4110 8916 4146 8917
4147 8693 4102 8693
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 197DEG 92KT 4200 8855 4185 8667
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