Alert archive / Illinois / Dust Storm Warnings
Dust Storm Warnings in Illinois, 2025
7 dust storm warnings in 2025. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of dust storm warnings reaches back to 2005.
Dust Storm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Dust Storm Warnings
- 7
- Busiest month
- May7 dust storm warnings
- Busiest day
- May 16, 20257 dust storm warnings
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 4:48 PM CDT | Dust Storm Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois, Livingston | 117 min |
| May 16, 4:52 PM CDT | Dust Storm Warning | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Macon, Piatt and 1 more | 91 min |
| May 16, 5:28 PM CDT | Dust Storm Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 58 min |
| May 16, 5:32 PM CDT | Dust Storm Warning | LOT | Grundy, Kankakee, Kendall, LaSalle, Will | 94 min |
| May 16, 5:53 PM CDT | Dust Storm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Woodford | 40 min |
| May 16, 6:00 PM CDT | Dust Storm Warning | LOT | Cook, DeKalb, Kendall, LaSalle, Will | 75 min |
| May 16, 6:23 PM CDT | Dust Storm Warning | LOT | Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane | 79 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- McLean County2
- Woodford County2
- Kendall County2
- LaSalle County2
- Will County2
- Cook County2
- DeKalb County2
- Ford County1
- Iroquois County1
- Livingston County1
- Champaign County1
- DeWitt County1
- Logan County1
- Macon County1
- Piatt County1
- Vermilion County1
- Grundy County1
- Kankakee County1
- Marshall County1
- DuPage County1
- Kane County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.