Interactive NWS Alert

Radar valid at 500 pm CDT, May 4th 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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