DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z May 01, 2007
Georgia, Florida, Bahamas/Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean: Very large fires in Atkinson and Ware counties located in southern Georgia are producing enormous amounts of smoke moving to the south. The majority of the smoke is being produced by the fire in Atkinson county; The smoke is moving to the south over northern Florida and is spreading to the east across the Bahamas and further east into the Atlantic Ocean and west into the Gulf of Mexico. The most dense smoke is found in southern Georgia, northern Floria and just north of the Bahama Islands. However, moderately dense smoke is spreading throughout the rest of Florida, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and into the central portions of the Atlantic Ocean. Lighter smoke is beginning to spread into the central Gulf of Mexico and farther north in the Atlantic Ocean along the South Carolina coast and then farther eastward. Louisiana/Texas/Mississippi: In central Louisiana fires in the counties of Claiborne and Jefferson counties are producing moderately dense to thick smoke moving north into the north central part of the state. The smoke is moving into the counties of Morehouse, Lincoln, Jackson, Win, La Salle, Caldwell, Grant, Rapides, Richland and Franklin. Smaller fires with only light smoke are also burning across the region in eastern Texas and southern/central parts of Louisiana and Mississippi. Alabama/Georgia: A fire in central Baldwin county is producing a light plume of smoke moving south SW into southern Mobile county and into the Gulf of Mexico. On the border of Muscogee county Georgia and Russell county Alabama a fire is emitting a light to moderately dense plume of smoke moving south along the two state borders. Florida Panhandle: A fire in Okaloosa county is emitting a narrow plume of light smoke that stretches 100-125 km into the Gulf of Mexico. Kentucky: In Edmonsan and Hart counties a fire is emitting an area of moderately dense smoke moving east into Taylor, Green, Adair, and Casey counties. Small light smoke producing fires are also burning across the state. Oregon: In central Klamath county a fire is emitting moderately dense smoke northeast, but staying within county borders. A fire on the Klamath/Lake county border is producing a moderate smoke plume moving northeast, but staying within county borders although last visible images of the day showed it nearing Harney county. Montana: A fire in northeast Sanders county near the Idaho border is producing a moderately dense smoke plume stretching northeast into Lincoln county. A fire burning in Lincoln county is emitting moderately dense smoke moving northeast into extreme southeast British Columbia. Northern California: A fire in eastern Shasta county is emitting moderately dense smoke stretching east NE into northwest Lassen and southern Modoc county. In Tehama county (Lassen National Forest) a fire is producing light smoke northeast into northwest Plumas and southeast Shasta counties. A fire in Placer county (Eldorado National Forest) is producing light smoke moving into northeast Nevada and southern Sierra county. Nevada: In Humboldt county a fire in the Santa Rosa mountains is producing light smoke northeast, but staying within county borders. J Kibler