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DUST STORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
651 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2025
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KENDALL IL-LA SALLE IL-WILL IL-GRUNDY IL-KANKAKEE IL-NEWTON IN-
PORTER IN-LAKE IN-JASPER IN-
651 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2025
...A DUST STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN KENDALL...EAST CENTRAL LA SALLE...WILL...GRUNDY...NORTHERN
KANKAKEE...NORTHERN NEWTON...SOUTHERN PORTER...LAKE AND NORTHERN
JASPER COUNTIES...
AT 649 PM CDT, PATCHES OF BLOWING DUST WERE OCCURRING FROM LASALLE
COUNTY IN ILLINOIS EASTWARD THROUGH NORTHERN JASPER AND SOUTHERN
PORTER COUNTIES IN INDIANA.
HAZARD...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY WITH STRONG WIND IN
EXCESS OF 50 MPH.
SOURCE...SATELLITE IMAGERY.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL.
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 219 AND 248.
I-57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 312 AND 337.
I-80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 88 AND 122.
INDIANA I-65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 228 AND 252.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHEATFIELD, CEDAR LAKE, KANKAKEE, LIMESTONE, ROSELAWN, STOUTSBURG,
MARSEILLES, DEMOTTE, CHANNAHON, DUNNS BRIDGE, MORRIS, OTTAWA, ELWOOD,
WILMINGTON, BONFIELD, COAL CITY, SENECA, BOONE GROVE, MANTENO,
KANGLEY, SYMERTON, ST. JOHN, NAPLATE, CROWN POINT, AND LAKEWOOD
SHORES.
THIS INCLUDES... VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY, CHANNAHON STATE PARK,
GEBHARD WOODS STATE PARK, GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY, GRUNDY COUNTY
SPEEDWAY AND FAIRGROUNDS, ILLINI STATE PARK, KANKAKEE RIVER STATE
PARK, LAKE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, OLIVET NAZARINE UNIVERSITY, PORTER
COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, 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 4111 8826 4111 8899 4146 8885 4147 8693
4112 8693
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 197DEG 92KT 4278 8823 4263 8634
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