DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0145Z April 16, 2008
Alabama and Mississippi: Light to moderate smoke plumes were associated with fires in Choctaw County, AL, and Wayne and Jasper counties, MS. A dense plume of smoke emanated from a fire in Perry County, MS. These plumes extended up to 110 km to the southwest. Louisiana: Moderate to dense smoke extended to the west of a fire in Rapides County. Texas: Moderate to dense smoke extended north from a series of fires in San Augustine County. Oklahoma: Moderate to dense smoke extended north for 200 km from a fire in McCurtain County. Arkansas: Moderate to dense smoke from fires in Pope and Johnson counties extended north for 250 km and 100 km, respectively. Missouri: Light to moderate smoke extended 230 km north of a blaze in Taney County. Kansas: Two light-moderate plumes in south-central Kansas extended 235 km north. New Mexico: Light smoke extended 305 km to the northeast reaching the Texas border from a blaze in Torrance County. Farther south, dust from White Sands also stretched to the northeast to the Texas border. California: Light to moderate smoke extended 80 km to the west of a blaze in Mariposa County. Utah and Nevada: Dense dust covered the southern 2/3 of the state of Utah and was moving south southwest. Light dust was also detected in extreme southern Nevada stretching into California.