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WWUS53 KLOT 170012
DSWLOT
DUST STORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
712 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2025
ILC037-170020-
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DE KALB IL-
712 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2025
...THE DUST STORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DE KALB COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE DUST STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA. THEREFORE, THE DUST STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4206 8767 4185 8761 4175 8754 4174 8791
4172 8791 4168 8797 4168 8803 4173 8803
4172 8860 4215 8828 4215 8776
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 186DEG 41KT 4211 8856 4206 8752
ILC031-043-089-170130-
/O.CON.KLOT.DS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-250517T0130Z/
KANE IL-DUPAGE IL-COOK IL-
712 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2025
...A DUST STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KANE...DUPAGE AND COOK COUNTIES...
AT 710 PM CDT, A WALL OF DUST WAS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR
ST. CHARLES TO THE NORTH SIDE OF CHICAGO, MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY WITH DAMAGING WIND
IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
SOURCE...PUBLIC.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL.
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 270 AND 294.
I-88 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 107 AND 140.
I-90 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 53 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...
BELMONT CRAGIN, ROLLING MEADOWS, WESTCHESTER, DUNNING, WEST TOWN,
GLENDALE HEIGHTS, CHICAGO LAWN, ENGLEWOOD, VALLEY VIEW, BELLWOOD,
BERKELEY, SUMMIT, AUSTIN, WEST GARFIELD PARK, ROGERS PARK, HILLSIDE,
LISLE, NEAR NORTH SIDE, AURORA, NORTHLAKE, STICKNEY, OAKBROOK
TERRACE, WILLOWBROOK, YORK CENTER, AND LOGAN SQUARE.
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
4172 8860 4215 8828 4215 8776
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 186DEG 41KT 4211 8856 4206 8752
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