Blowing Dust Advisories in Texas
217 blowing dust advisories since 1986. 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 blowing dust advisories reaches back to 2005.
Blowing Dust Advisories by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Blowing Dust Advisories
- 217
- Busiest year
- 202550 blowing dust advisories
- Average year
- 11over 20 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- El Paso County80
- Hudspeth County68
- Lubbock County31
- Hale County31
- Loving County30
- Lynn County29
- Dawson County29
- Floyd County29
- Crosby County28
- Andrews County27
- Martin County27
- Castro County27
- Hockley County27
- Lamb County27
- Winkler County27
- Gaines County26
- Howard County26
- Briscoe County26
- Swisher County26
- Terry County26
- Ward County26
- Borden County25
- Bailey County25
- Cochran County25
- Garza County25
- Parmer County25
- Mitchell County24
- Yoakum County24
- Ector County24
- Midland County24
- Scurry County23
- Armstrong County23
- Deaf Smith County23
- Oldham County23
- Potter County23
- Randall County23
- Carson County22
- Donley County21
- Sherman County21
- Glasscock County20
90 more counties
- Gray County20
- Moore County20
- Crane County19
- Dallam County19
- Hartley County19
- Reeves County19
- Collingsworth County18
- Roberts County18
- Wheeler County18
- Culberson County18
- Hemphill County17
- Hutchinson County17
- Ochiltree County17
- Reagan County16
- Upton County16
- Hansford County16
- Lipscomb County16
- Pecos County14
- Brewster County13
- Jeff Davis County13
- Hall County11
- Presidio County11
- Motley County10
- Coke County8
- Sterling County8
- Dickens County8
- Kent County8
- Runnels County7
- Terrell County7
- Irion County7
- King County7
- Stonewall County7
- Tom Green County7
- Fisher County6
- Jones County6
- Nolan County6
- Taylor County6
- Childress County6
- Cottle County6
- Callahan County5
- Shackelford County5
- Concho County5
- Foard County5
- Hardeman County5
- Knox County5
- Schleicher County5
- Brown County4
- Coleman County4
- Haskell County4
- Throckmorton County4
- Wilbarger County4
- Sutton County4
- Crockett County4
- Kimble County3
- Menard County3
- Baylor County3
- McCulloch County3
- San Saba County3
- Archer County2
- Clay County2
- Mason County2
- Wichita County2
- Bosque County1
- Collin County1
- Comanche County1
- Cooke County1
- Dallas County1
- Denton County1
- Eastland County1
- Ellis County1
- Erath County1
- Grayson County1
- Hamilton County1
- Hill County1
- Hood County1
- Jack County1
- Johnson County1
- Montague County1
- Palo Pinto County1
- Parker County1
- Rockwall County1
- Somervell County1
- Stephens County1
- Tarrant County1
- Wise County1
- Young County1
- Jim Wells County1
- Kleberg County1
- Nueces County1
- San Patricio County1
The latest blowing dust advisories
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 5:26 PM CDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | MAF | Ector, Ward, Winkler | 94 min |
| Aug 11, 6:12 PM CDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 108 min |
| Jun 4, 8:33 PM CDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | EPZ | El Paso | 87 min |
| May 20, 6:39 PM CDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | EPZ | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Apr 26, 8:23 AM CDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 12 hr |
| Apr 10, 5:45 PM CDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | EPZ | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Mar 27, 8:46 AM CDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | SJT | Callahan, Coke, Crockett, Fisher, Haskell, Irion and 8 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 26, 2:16 PM CDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 18 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 22, 6:31 PM CDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Culberson, Dawson, Ector and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 15, 11:26 AM CDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 13 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 15, 10:38 AM CDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | OUN | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 14, 8:27 PM CDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 23 hr |
Nearby
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. Rebuilt daily.