Rare dust storm warning for Chicago area from gusty storms 08:25. A rare dust storm warning was issued for much of the Chicago area Friday night as fast-moving wall of dust blanketed the city and ...

Chicago faced a huge dust storm on Friday. The National Weather Service issued a dust storm warning. Winds reached 60 mph, causing near-zero visibility. This event is rare for the region. Severe ...

The last dust storm to hit Chicago occurred on May 31, 1985 — and the last one of this kind of magnitude in Chicago happened during the Dust Bowl in the early to mid-1930s.

Time lapse video of rare dust storm blowing through Chicago 00:45 "This looks like a bad thunderstorm coming through, but you can tell that it's just not a thunderstorm. It's dust.

The National Weather Service issued Chicago’s first dust storm warning on May 16. A combination of dry soil, strong winds, and thunderstorms caused the rare plume. It was the city’s worst dust ...

And for a dust storm to affect Chicago is even more uncommon.” The last dust storm to hit Chicago occurred on May 31, 1985 — and the last one of this kind of magnitude in Chicago happened ...

A rare dust storm swept in from the southwest and enveloped the Chicago metropolitan area Friday evening, darkening the sky and creating eerie images. Visibility dropped to near zero and winds ...

Chicago was last affected by a significant dust storm during the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s, specifically on May 10, 1934, according to Rafal Ogorek, a forecaster with the Weather Service.

Rare dust storm warning issued across Chicago as strong winds kick up parched farmland The National Weather Service issued its second-ever dust storm warning Friday, as 60 mph winds carried dust ...

Chicago experienced its first dust storm since 1934 on Friday night, ... The rare storm also posed new obstacles for the local National Weather Service office because it wasn’t the type of storm ...

Dust storm approaching Chicago on May 16, 2025. NOAA and CIRa May 16th, 2025 continues to be an interesting weather day and is keeping meteorologists like me on their toes.