DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0215Z February 27, 2007
Southeast/Lower Mississippi Valley/Southern Plains. Numerous fires are burning across the above region with some of the fires producing light to moderate smoke. Although most fires are only emitting light smoke for about two to four hours in length. The following mentioned fires below are the larger in size fires and/or are producing moderate smoke . Georgia: A fire in Chattahoochee county is emitting a light plume of smoke east into Marion, Schley, Taylor, Peach, Crawford and Marion counties. The plume extends out 90-110 km. Alabama: A fire in Cleburne county is producing a light plume of smoke 70-85 km long northeast into Haralson, Paulding and Carroll counties Alabama. The smoke also extends into Douglas county Georgia. In Butler county a fire is emitting light smoke northeast into Crenshaw and Pike counties. The plume extends 60-70 km. Arkansas: A 100-120 km long plume of light smoke extends east from the county of Scott and is moving into Polk, Yell, Montgomery and Garland counties. A fire in Montgomery county is emitting a moderate plume of smoke east into Garland, Hot Springs, Grant and Saline counties. The plume extends 100-120 km in length. Oklahoma: A fire in Pushmataha county is producing a light plume of smoke east into Le Flore, McCurtain counties and Howard, Polk, Sevier counties Arkansas. The plume extends 110-130 km. In Cleveland county a fire is producing moderate smoke extending south into McClain, Murray and Caster counties. In Roger Mills county, moderate smoke is extending into Beckham from a fire burning early this afternoon into early evening. Texas: Fires burning in Brooks, Kenedy and Kleberg counties are producing a combined area of moderate smoke as far north as Refugio and San Patricio counties. An area of dust is moving southeast across western Texas and now extending into central Texas. The counties affected are Scury, Mitchell, Nolan, Fisher, Jones, Taylor, Kent, Karya, Coke and Runnels. Additional counties are most likely seeing the dust as it moves across areas farther southeast. Arizona: A fire in Autaugo county is emitting light smoke northeast, but staying within county borders. J Kibler