CHICAGO (WGN) — Friday’s sunny afternoon turned dark as the sun was temporarily blocked out by a rare dust storm that blanketed Chicagoland.
A combination of low relative humidity, very dry conditions and strong winds exceeding 50 mph created a wall of dust which lowered visibility to less than a half of mile.
Video from the WGN Weather Bug Camera Network shows a wall of dust passing through Kankakee
The dust storm in New Lenox, Illinois. (Photo: Lisa Parker)
The dust storm in New Lenox, Illinois. (Photo: Lisa Parker)
The dust storm in New Lenox, Illinois. (Photo: Lisa Parker)
The dust storm in manhattan, illinois (photo: alli kukowski)
The dust storm in Maple Park in Elburn near Kaneland High SchoolViewer linda harris says this dust storm photo captures the water tower at stateville prisonPhoto from thomas westwater in homer glen
Time lapse video from Jenna Vaughn shows the dust storm blanket downtown Chicago
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