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Blowing Dust Advisory 2, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 28, 20255 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this blowing dust advisory at Apr 28, 2025, 5:59 PM CDT for 5 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 28, 2025, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2025, 9:51 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL

Counties Champaign County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Macon County, IL, McLean County, IL, Piatt County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this blowing dust advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blowing dust advisory went out at Apr 28, 2:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 2:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.