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WWUS53 KLOT 162346
DSWLOT
DUST STORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
646 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-
646 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2025
...A DUST STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
KENDALL...NORTHEASTERN LA SALLE...NORTHWESTERN WILL...SOUTHEASTERN DE
KALB...SOUTHEASTERN COOK...NORTHERN PORTER AND NORTHERN LAKE
COUNTIES...
AT 645 PM CDT, A WALL OF DUST WAS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR
SANDWICH TO NEAR CHESTERTON, MOVING NORTH AT 45 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-55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 249 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, AND SOUTH SUBURBAN 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 4146 8886 4171 8875 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 2345Z 197DEG 38KT 4182 8860 4158 8708
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