DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2315Z NOVEMBER 21, 2008
Florida/Georgia/Alabama: A narrow plume of thin smoke from a fire in Gadsden county in the Florida Panhandle was drifting south into the northern Gulf of Mexico. A fire along the Alabama/Georgia border (along the Chambers/Troup county border) had a plume of thin smoke drifting south. Arkansas/Louisiana: Numerous fires were noted across both states with several small smoke plumes seen. The plumes were mainly short and of thin density and drifting to the south and southwest. A few of the more notable plumes that were longer or with greater smoke density were seen from fires in southeast Pike county Arkansas and Rapides and Cameron parishes in Louisiana. Texas: A fire in Chambers county produced a puff of moderately dense smoke that moved to the southwest across lower Galveston Bay into Galveston county. A fire in southern Walker county has a narrow plume of light smoke extending to the southwest into northern Waller county. Arizona: Two fires in southern Apache county in the Apache National Forest had plumes of moderately dense smoke that merged together and drifted east along the Apache/Greenlee county border. A blaze in northern Apaches county east of Chinle had a narrow plume of light smoke drifting to the east along the McKinley/San Juan county border in New Mexico. Fires in southern Coconino, western Coconino and central Yavapai counties all had plumes of light smoke that drifted to the north. California: A fire in eastern Santa Clara county had a plume of light to moderately dense smoke that drifted to the southwest and fanned out, reaching the coast near Monterey. Fires in southern El Dorado and central Nevada counties in the Sierras had plumes of light to moderately dense smoke that extended to the east about 25 miles. Ruminski