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Dust Storm Warning 2, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 3, 2026Logan County, Sangamon County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this dust storm warning at May 3, 2026, 2:02 PM CDT for Logan County, Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 3, 2026, 2:02 PM CDT (19:02 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2026, 2:30 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Logan County, IL, Sangamon County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 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 dust storm warning 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 dust storm warning went out at May 3, 12:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 12:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 6:27 AM CDT, 7 hours 35 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 1:33 PM CDT	Blowing Dust Advisory	ILX	Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas and 17 more	5 hr
May 3, 1:38 PM CDT	Dust Storm Warning	ILX	Sangamon	52 min
May 3, 2:19 PM CDT	Dust Storm Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon, Shelby	26 min
May 3, 2:28 PM CDT	Dust Storm Warning	ILX	Sangamon	62 min
May 3, 2:31 PM CDT	Dust Storm Warning	ILX	Logan, Sangamon	59 min

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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.