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WWUS53 KLOT 162342
DSWLOT
DUST STORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
642 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2025
ILC031-037-043-089-170130-
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DE KALB IL-KANE IL-DUPAGE IL-COOK IL-
642 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2025
...A DUST STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN DE KALB...KANE...DUPAGE AND COOK COUNTIES...
AT 640 PM CDT, A WALL OF DUST WAS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR
HINCKLEY TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO, MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY WITH DAMAGING WIND
IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
SOURCE...AUTOMATED WEATHER STATIONS. MIDWAY AIRPORT REPORTED 1/4
MILE VISIBILITY AND A 59 MPH WIND GUST.
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, 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 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 2340Z 184DEG 43KT 4182 8860 4177 8756
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