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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
DUST STORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
623 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2025
ILC031-037-043-089-170130-
/O.NEW.KLOT.DS.W.0004.250516T2323Z-250517T0130Z/
DE KALB IL-KANE IL-DUPAGE IL-COOK IL-
623 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* DUST STORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.
* AT 622 PM CDT, A WALL OF DUST WAS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR
SOMONAUK, IL TO NEAR DYER, IN MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY WITH STRONG WIND IN
EXCESS OF 50 MPH.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL.
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 270 AND 294.
I-88 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 140.
I-90 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 42 AND 103.
I-94 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 26 AND 61.
I-290 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 29.
I-294 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 26 AND 61.
I-355 NEAR MILE MARKER 12, AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 15 AND 30.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEST TOWN, GLENDALE HEIGHTS, CHICAGO LAWN, ENGLEWOOD, BERKELEY,
SUMMIT, AUSTIN, WEST GARFIELD PARK, LISLE, NEAR NORTH SIDE, AURORA,
NORTHLAKE, STICKNEY, OAKBROOK TERRACE, YORK CENTER, WESTMONT, SOUTH
ELGIN, SOUTH BARRINGTON, NILES, EVANSTON, GRAND BOULEVARD, GILBERTS,
SOUTH SHORE, ARMOUR SQUARE, AND WAYNE.
THIS INCLUDES... ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY, BROOKFIELD ZOO,
LINCOLN PARK ZOO, LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, OAKTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE,
WINTRUST FIELD, SEATGEEK STADIUM, TRITON COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF
CHICAGO, AURORA UNIVERSITY, BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF
DUPAGE, DUPAGE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, ELGIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, FERMILAB,
HARPER COLLEGE, HAWTHORNE RACE COURSE, IL MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY,
KANE COUNTY COUGARS BALLPARK, MORTON ARBORETUM, NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS
UNIVERSITY, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, SOLDIER FIELD, UNIVERSITY OF
ILLINOIS CHICAGO, GUARANTEED RATE FIELD...IL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,
WAUBONSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WHEATON COLLEGE, WRIGLEY FIELD, THE
LOOP, MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY, MUSEUM CAMPUS, NORTHERLY
ISLAND, AND NORTH CENTRAL COLLEGE.
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 4206 8767 4185 8761 4175 8754 4174 8791
4172 8791 4168 8797 4168 8803 4173 8803
4171 8876 4215 8859 4215 8776
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 186DEG 41KT 4165 8871 4150 8748
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