DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z SEPTEMBER 27, 2008
Southeast US: Numerous agricultural burns took place earlier this afternoon across Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas. These fires produced light smoke plumes which were observed generally moving to the south. A couple fires did produce moderately dense smoke plumes, especially in Nevada County, Arkansas, extending into the rest of extreme southwestern Arkansas and extreme northern Louisiana. Kansas: Several agricultural burns produced light smoke plumes across the state this evening. These plumes extended to the north. California: In Siskiyou County, a light to moderately dense smoke plume is drifting to the north, extending to the Oregon/California border. Oregon: Along the border of Lane and Douglas Counties, a moderately dense smoke plume extends to the northeast at least 100km from its source into eastern Lane County and western Deschutes/Jefferson Counties.