DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z March 5, 2007
Texas: A fire on the border of Harrison and Panola counties is producing a light plume of smoke stretching 110-120 km southeast. The smoke is entering the counties of Caddo, De Sota and Sabine in Louisiana. A 140-160 km long plume of smoke from a fire in Jackson county is stretching south into Calhoun county and into the Gulf of Mexico. Some light smoke producing fires are also in the counties of Goliad, Bee, Chambers and Galveston. They are relatively small fires. Oklahoma: Numerous fires burning across the counties of Latimer, Le Flore, McCurtain, Pushmataha, Coal, Atoka, Hughes and Seminole are producing light to moderate smoke that is moving southeast across southeast Oklahoma. The smoke from these fires are joining together to create a much longer plume in satellite imagery. The plumes from the fires are only about 30-50 km long, but are creating a 100-150 km long plume of light to moderate smoke. In the far eastern part of the state, two fires in Sequoyah county are emitting light plumes of smoke moving east into Franklin and Sebastian counties in Arkansas. Arkansas/Missouri: A fire in Grant county Arkansas is emitting a narrow plume of light smoke east into Jefferson, Cleveland and Lincoln counties. In Missouri a fire in Carter county is producing a light plume of smoke stretching 50-60 km east SE into Ripley and Butler counties. Florida: A very bright burning fire in Walton county (panhandle of Florida) is producing an area of moderate smoke stretching south into Washington and Bay counties and then into the Gulf of Mexico. The smoke extends 80-100 km from the source. South Carolina: Two smaller fires emitting light smoke plumes are burning in the counties of Lee and Richland. The smoke from the Richland fire is moving east into Sumter county. J Kibler