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DUST ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
423 PM CDT SAT AUG 16 2025
ILC037-043-089-093-099-103-197-162230-
/O.NEW.KLOT.DS.Y.0002.250816T2123Z-250816T2230Z/
KENDALL IL-LA SALLE IL-LEE IL-WILL IL-DE KALB IL-KANE IL-DUPAGE IL-
423 PM CDT SAT AUG 16 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* DUST ADVISORY FOR...
KENDALL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN LA SALLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
LEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHWESTERN WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
WESTERN DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT.
* AT 422 PM CDT, A BLOWING DUST WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM CAROL STREAM TO NEAR SHABBONA TO NEAR FRANKLIN GROVE, MOVING
SOUTH AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...LESS THAN ONE MILE VISIBILITY WITH STRONG WIND IN EXCESS
OF 50 MPH.
SOURCE...DOPPLER RADAR.
IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-39 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 68 AND 96.
I-55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 255 AND 269.
I-88 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 55 AND 73, AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 93 AND
132.
I-355 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 30.
THIS WALL OF DUST WILL BE NEAR...
WATERMAN, SHABBONA, GENEVA, GLEN ELLYN, SUGAR GROVE, WINFIELD,
LOMBARD, HINCKLEY, WHEATON, AND WARRENVILLE AROUND 430 PM CDT.
AMBOY, PAW PAW, AND MONTGOMERY AROUND 435 PM CDT.
WOODRIDGE, BOULDER HILL, YORKVILLE, AND OSWEGO AROUND 440 PM CDT.
LELAND, SUBLETTE, WOODHAVEN LAKES, BOLINGBROOK, PLANO, SANDWICH,
AND SOMONAUK AROUND 445 PM CDT.
EARLVILLE, LAKE HOLIDAY, DARIEN, AND PLAINFIELD AROUND 450 PM CDT.
MENDOTA AND ROMEOVILLE AROUND 455 PM CDT.
LEMONT AROUND 500 PM CDT.
SHERIDAN, JOLIET, LOCKPORT, CREST HILL, AND NEWARK AROUND 505 PM
CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BLOWING DUST BRINGS REDUCED VISIBILITY, LEADING TO DANGEROUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS. IF DRIVING, AVOID BLOWING DUST IF POSSIBLE. IF CAUGHT IN
DENSE BLOWING DUST, PULL OFF THE ROAD, TURN OFF YOUR LIGHTS AND KEEP
YOUR FOOT OFF THE BRAKE.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO AN AREA OF BLOWING DUST. PULL ASIDE
STAY ALIVE!
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE BEHIND THIS WALL OF
DUST. KEEP UPDATED WITH THIS QUICKLY EVOLVING SITUATION.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS.
LAT...LON 4188 8945 4189 8889 4197 8803 4157 8802
4149 8861 4147 8886 4149 8916 4158 8917
4159 8948
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 354DEG 23KT 4193 8811 4183 8889 4186 8935
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