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Dust Storm Warnings in Texas, 2026
13 dust storm warnings in 2026. 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 dust storm warnings reaches back to 2005.
Dust Storm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Dust Storm Warnings
- 13
- Busiest month
- May7 dust storm warnings
- Busiest day
- May 15, 20264 dust storm warnings
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 3:24 PM CDT | Dust Storm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Ward, Winkler | 36 min |
| Mar 15, 12:06 PM CDT | Dust Storm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Donley | 114 min |
| Mar 15, 2:04 PM CDT | Dust Storm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Crane, Ector, Glasscock, Howard, Martin and 6 more | 116 min |
| May 15, 4:51 PM CDT | Dust Storm Warning | LUB | Hockley, Lubbock | 24 min |
| May 15, 5:15 PM CDT | Dust Storm Warning | LUB | Hockley, Lubbock | 30 min |
| May 15, 5:19 PM CDT | Dust Storm Warning | LUB | Terry, Yoakum | 26 min |
| May 15, 6:55 PM CDT | Dust Storm Warning | LUB | Garza, Lynn | 35 min |
| May 15, 7:03 PM CDT | Dust Storm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 27 min |
| May 18, 3:21 PM CDT | Dust Storm Warning | AMA | Randall | 114 min |
| May 18, 5:15 PM CDT | Dust Storm Warning | AMA | Randall | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 8:24 PM CDT | Dust Storm Warning | SJT | Coke, Coleman, Concho, Irion, Runnels, Sterling and 1 more | 66 min |
| Jul 5, 9:11 PM CDT | Dust Storm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock and 9 more | 94 min |
| Jul 5, 10:41 PM CDT | Dust Storm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Loving, Pecos, Reeves, Upton, Ward and 1 more | 94 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Ward County4
- Winkler County4
- Crane County3
- Ector County3
- Upton County3
- Andrews County2
- Glasscock County2
- Howard County2
- Martin County2
- Midland County2
- Reagan County2
- Hockley County2
- Lubbock County2
- Dawson County2
- Randall County2
- Loving County2
- Pecos County2
- Armstrong County1
- Donley County1
- Mitchell County1
- Terry County1
- Yoakum County1
- Garza County1
- Lynn County1
- Borden County1
- Coke County1
- Coleman County1
- Concho County1
- Irion County1
- Runnels County1
- Sterling County1
- Tom Green County1
- Gaines County1
- Culberson County1
- Reeves County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.