On 18 February 2012 there was a clear dust storm stemming from the sandur, Skeiðarársandur, south of Skeiðarárjökull, outlet of Vatnajökull, Iceland.
Satellite image (MODIS) from 13:00 show the dust storm very clearly.
Image courtesy of NASA/GSFC, Rapid Response.
The wind speed (10-min average) was quite high around noon.
Data from DataMarket.
The wind speed reaches around 15 m/s around noon at the station Kirkjubæjarklaustur – Stjórnarsandur, see location on the image below.
Image from GoogleEarth.
