DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z February 20, 2007
Southeast/Mississippi Valley/Tennessee Valley/Mid Atlantic/Southern Plains: Numerous agricultural and prescribed fires burn line up across the above region with only some producing light to moderate smoke. The heaviest concentration of fires are across the states of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas. Across these states hundreds of fires are burning. Georgia: A fire in Jasper county is producing a light smoke plume of smoke that stretches 40-50 km into Morgan county. A moderate plume of smoke from a fire in Putnam county is stretching northeast into Greene and Oglethorpe counties. A fire in Montgomery county is emitting light smoke north NE into the counties of Toombs and Emanuel. Another fire in the county of Appling is producing a plume of light smoke moving north NE, but is staying within county lines. Finally a fire in Ware county is emitting a 30-40 km long plume of light smoke north into Pierce county. Their are numerous other fires producing smoke, but these above are the largest of the fires in the state. Florida: Numerous fires across the state are producing mainly light plumes of smoke, some moderate smoke. A fire on the Jefferson and Madison county border is producing a moderate plume of smoke moving north into southern Georgia. Another moderate smoke producer is in the counties of Santa Rosa and Okaloosa. The smoke from these fires are also moving north, but into southern Alabama. In southern Florida fires producing light smoke are in the counties of Collier, Martin, Palm Beach, Highlands and Polk. In central Florida light smoke from fires are in the counties of Orange and Brevard. In northern Florida the counties of Dixie, Gulf, Liberty and Holmes have fires emitting only light plumes of smoke. Alabama: Fires producing 50-100 km long lines of light to moderate smoke stretch across the southern region of the state. A fire in Escambia county is emitting a light plume of smoke into Butler and Conecuh counties. A fire in Butler county is producing light smoke moving into the northern county of Lowndes. The heaviest of the smoke producing fires is in eastern Escambia county. This fire is emitting moderate smoke north into the counties of Conecuh, Covington and Butler. Mississippi: A fire in Marion county is emitting a light plume of smoke into the counties of Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson and Smith. The plume stretches 60-70 km long. The rest of the plumes across the state are only smaller plumes extending 20-40 km long with light smoke. New Jersey: A fire in Cumberland county is emitting a light plume of smoke moving south into the Delaware Bay. Texas: A long narrow plume of smoke from a fire in Lamb county is stretching 130-150 km east across the state. J Kibler