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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

Dust Storm Warning

National Weather Service Lincoln IL

314 PM CDT Mon May 4 2026



ILC019-039-113-115-147-042215-

/O.NEW.KILX.DS.W.0007.260504T2014Z-260504T2215Z/

Piatt-De Witt-McLean-Champaign-Macon-

314 PM CDT Mon May 4 2026



The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a



* Dust Storm Warning for...

  Piatt County in central Illinois...

  Eastern De Witt County in central Illinois...

  Southeastern McLean County in central Illinois...

  Western Champaign County in east central Illinois...

  Northeastern Macon County in central Illinois...



* Until 515 PM CDT.



* At 311 PM CDT, dust channels were along a line extending from near 

  Saybrook to Cerro Gordo and to the east. Media reported blowing 

  dust near Mahomet at 305 pm.



  HAZARD...Less than a quarter mile visibility with strong wind in 

           excess of 40 mph.



  SOURCE...Public.



  IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.



* This includes the following highways...

   Interstate 57 between mile markers 233 and 241, and between mile

   markers 248 and 257.

   Interstate 72 between mile markers 148 and 182.

   Interstate 74 between mile markers 154 and 180.



Locations impacted include...

Champaign, Rantoul, Monticello, Mahomet, Forsyth, Farmer City,

Fisher, Bement, Argenta, Mansfield, Oreana, De Land, Bondville,

Weldon, Ivesdale, Cisco, Lake Of The Woods, Seymour, White Heath, and

Ludlow.



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, pull off the road, turn off your lights and keep your

foot off the brake.



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LAT...LON 3993 8840 3993 8899 4041 8861 4042 8846

      4040 8846 4040 8810

TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 241DEG 20KT 4040 8844 3992 8873 



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