DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z March 13, 2008
Southeast US: It was quite a busy burning day across the southeast with numerous fires producing smoke that spread a great distance into neighboring counties and counties as far as 200 km away from the source of the fire. The following smoke producing fires mentioned below are the larger of all these fires in the southeast. North Carolina: A fire in Currituck county is producing a long narrow plume of smoke that stretches east into the Atlantic Ocean. In northwest Wake county a fire is emitting a light plume of smoke that extends east into the counties of Wilson, Johnson and Nash. In Sampson county another fire is producing light smoke that is moving east into Duplin, Onslaw and Pender counties. In Onslaw county a fire is emitting light to moderately dense smoke that extends east 130-150 km into the Atlantic Ocean. In Anson county multiple fires are emitting light smoke that is moving east into counties along the South Carolina and North Carolina border. The smoke is stretching about 80-100 km east from source. South Carolina: Multiple fires in Darlington, Chesterfield, and Marlboro counties are producing a combined light to moderately dense smoke plume that stretches across northern Southern Carolina counties and far into the Atlantic Ocean. Also, multiple fires burning in Richland, Sumter, Clarendon, and Williamsburg counties are emitting light smoke that is stretching east across the mid section of the state (east of Columbia) and into the Atlantic Ocean. A fire in northeast Laurens county is emitting a light to moderately dense smoke plume east to ESE across Newberry, Union, Fairfield, Richland, Calhoun and Lexington counties. A fire on the border of Barnwell and Allendale counties is producing a moderately dense to dense smoke plume moving east along the counties stretching along the Georgia border and stretching into the Atlantic Ocean. Georgia: Numerous fires across the state are producing smoke. Most of these fires are found in central Georgia and along the Alabama border. Most smoke plumes are light in density and do not stretch more than 50 km from the source. Florida: A fire in Putnam county is producing a light to moderate smoke plume moving east into northern Volusia and parts of Flagler county. The smoke stretches 50-70 km from the source. Smaller fires burning across the state are in the counties of Jefferson, Wakulla, Liberty and Okaloosa. Most of these fires are only producing light plumes of smoke staying within county borders. Alabama/Mississippi: Once again numerous fires are producing smoke across these states with most smoke being light and moving south to southeast. The larger of these fires are located in Clay county Alabama. This fire in the northwest section of the county and is emitting moderately dense to dense smoke moving southeast into Tallopoosa, Randolph, and Chambers counties before reaching the Georgia border. In Hale county Alabama, a fire is emitting moderately dense smoke moving south into Dallas, Perry and Wilcox counties. In Mississippi a large fire in Forrest county is producing a moderately dense to dense smoke plume stretching south into Stone, Perry, Jackson, Harrison and George counties and is now reaching the Gulf of Mexico waters. Lower/Middle Mississippi Valley/Central and Southern Plains: Multiple fires are burning across Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. Most of these fires are producing only light smoke that is moving northeast from source. Most fire locations are in central/eastern Oklahoma, central and southern Texas and spread out all over the state in Missouri and Arkansas. Louisiana and Kansas have the least number of fires (least smoke plumes). The smoke associated with the fires in Texas do stretch great distances ranging anywhere from 50 km to 200 km. Hawaii: Clouds blocked the full view of smoke from the Kilauea Volcano lava flows. Smoke mixed with the volcanic steam/fog (VOG) was seen moving to the west-southwest along the southern coast of the Big Island. J Kibler