DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0255Z April 29, 2007
Georgia: A fire in Atkinson county next to Ware county is producing very dense plume of smoke that is moving westerly combined with the smoke produced by the persistent Ware County fire into the Atlantic. The cities west of Atkinson county have been influenced. Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida Panhandle: A fire in vernon county of southern Louisiana is producing a thin plume of smoke that is moving about 270km to the west. Three fires in Franklin, Forest, and Clarke counties of Mississippi are producing thin to moderately dense plumes of smoke taht are moving southeastward into the Gulf of Mexico. A fire in southern Okaloosa county of Florida Panhandle is producing a thin plume of smoke that is moving south southeastward into the Gulf of Mexico. Oklahoma: Wynnewood about 65 miles south of Oklahoma City had a oil refinery burning caused by lightening this morning. The fire is producing a moderately dense to localy dense plume of smoke that is fanning out to the southe across the Oklahoma-Texas border into counties of northern Texas. California: A fire in northwestern corner of Riverside county is producing a thin to moderately dense plume of smoke that is moving easterly about 170km along the San Bernarino-Riverside county border. Oregon: Several fires along the western coast counties, including Douglas, Coos, and Curry counties, of Oregon are producing moderately dense to locally dense plumes of smoke that are moving southwesterly into the Pacific. A fire in southern Curry is producing a locally dense plume of smoke that is swirling around, then streching to the northeast. A fire in Klamath county is producing a moderately dense plume of smoke that is moving northerly into central Deschutes county. Gulf of Mexico: Haze possibly mixed with light smoke can be seen over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico especially offshore of Tabasco and southern Veracruz.