WWUS53 KILX 042032

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

Dust Storm Warning

National Weather Service Lincoln IL

332 PM CDT Mon May 4 2026



ILC113-042200-

/O.NEW.KILX.DS.W.0008.260504T2032Z-260504T2200Z/

McLean-

332 PM CDT Mon May 4 2026



The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a



* Dust Storm Warning for...

  Eastern McLean County in central Illinois...



* Until 500 PM CDT.



* At 330 PM CDT, a channel of dust was along a line extending from 

  near Colfax to near Le Roy, and is nearly stationary or lifting

  northeast.



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

           excess of 40 mph.



  SOURCE...Public.



  IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.



* This includes Interstate 74 between mile markers 142 and 145.

 

Locations impacted include...

Colfax, Downs, Saybrook, Arrowsmith, Cropsey, Ellsworth, Cooksville,

Anchor, Holder, and Moraine View State Park.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Motorists should not drive into a dust storm. PULL ASIDE STAY ALIVE!



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LAT...LON 4071 8858 4062 8858 4061 8846 4040 8846

      4037 8861 4037 8892 4069 8868

TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 055DEG 2KT 4063 8858 4038 8872 



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