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Mud storm covers Chicago with near-zero visibility situations
A mud storm that introduced visibility to close zero swept throughout the Chicago space Friday, prompting the primary mud storm warning ever issued to town, officers stated.
The “wall of mud” that struck the South Facet and different areas occurred on a day during which excessive winds of fifty mph had been forecast, and as a storm system brought about at the least one lethal twister in Missouri.
The mud got here in from the south, transferring north, round 6:40 p.m. with winds of as much as 60 mph, the Nationwide Climate Service stated.
Halfway Airport recorded a gust of 59 mph, the climate company stated, and visibility was diminished to round a quarter-mile.
The phenomenon is uncommon for Chicago.
The mud storm warning issued by the climate service was the primary ever for Chicago itself — though one was issued on Might 7, 2023, that was away from the metropolitan space.
“Effectively that was…..one thing,” the climate service’s Chicago workplace wrote on X.
The mud storm was starting to ease at 7:40 p.m. native time, the climate service stated. Visibility ranges had been nonetheless decreased however had been starting to enhance.
