DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0215Z APRIL 19, 2006.
Central Plains (KS/MO/OK/AR): Fire activity over the region appears to be less than in previous days but still a significant amount of smoke was detected on satellite imagery this evening. The most well defined area of smoke was being produced by the concentrated area of fire activity over the eastern third of Kansas. Numerous fires were producing smoke plumes that have congealed into a composite smoke plume that was seen drifting southeast at sunset. The smoke plume covered most of eastern Kansas south of Shawnee and Wabaunsee counties and extended southeast towards extreme west central Missouri (vicinity of Vernon county) and also extreme northeast Oklahoma. Several fires over the Atoka/Coal/Pontotoc county area of Oklahoma were producing narrow but moderately dense smoke plumes that were lifting northeast with the leading edge as far northeast as Crawford county, Arkansas. Texas/Louisiana: Several fires along an axis from Vermillion parish to Tyler county were producing moderately dense smoke plumes that were lifting northeast into areas of central Louisiana and extreme eastern Texas. Washington: Numerous fires were noted this evening just south of the Snake River in the counties of Walla Walla/Columbia/ Garfield. Satellite imagery suggests a small area of smoke associated with this activity was from the vicinity of Hadley/Thiel in Walla Walla and extending east/northeast to near Chambers in southern Whitman county. Hanna