Cosmic Chicago
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Tag: GOES-East
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NOAA GOES-East Satellite Captures Rare Illinois Dust Storm
Illinois is typically known for its snowstorms, not dust storms which commonly occur in the American Southwest or the Central Plains states. But on May 1, a dust storm captured by the GOES-East satellite caused a 72-car pileup on Interstate 55 just south of Springfield, IL. The cause of the crash was blowing dust from…
