DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z November 01, 2005
Arizona/New Mexico: A fire in northeast Coconino county is producing a thin plume of smoke that is moving southwest into Mohave county. A second fire in southeast Coconino county is emitting a thin smoke plume moving southwest into Yavapai county. Another fire in southern Coconino county is producing a thin smoke plume moving southwest into Gila county. A fire northern Gila county is emitting a thin plume of smoke into Yavapai and Maricopa counties. In New Mexico a fire on the border of McKinley and San Juan counties is emitting a thin smoke plume moving south southeast across McKinley county. California: A fire in northern Monterey county is producing a dense smoke plume moving west across the county and into the Pacific. A fire in southeastern Humboldt county is emitting a moderate smoke plume moving east into Trinity county. Their are numerous agricultural burns emitting small thin smoke plumes in Glenn, Colusa, Sutter, and Butte counties. These smoke plumes are moving south southeast across the above counties. Middle Atlantic: In Virginia a fire buring in northern Halifax county is producing a moderate smoke plume moving northeast into Prince Edward, Lunenburg, Charlotte, Nottoway, Amelia, and Powhatan counties. Another fire in southern Mecklenburg county Virginia is producing a thin smoke plume that is moving northeast into Brunswick county. A fire in central Lunenburg county Virginia is producing a thin smoke plume moving northeast into Dinwiddie, Amelia and Nottoway counties. In North Carolina a fire burning in southern Davidson county is producing a thin smoke plume moving northeat into Randolph and Guilford counties. A second fire burning in southern Guilford county is emitting a smoke plume that is moving north northeast into Caswell, Rockingham and Alamance counties in north central North Carolina. A fire in northern Moore county is emitting a thin smoke plume moving northeast into Lee and Chatham counties. Lower Mississippi Valley/Southeast U.S.: A large cluster of fires are burning across eastern Arkansas, southern Louisiana and southern and northeastern Mississippi. Some large fire of interest include a fire in southeastern Sumter county in Alabama is producing a dense smoke plume moving north across Greene Tuscaloosa and Pickens counties. Another fire in Alabama emitting a dense smoke plume is burning in central Chambers county with smoke moving north into Randolph and Clay counties. A couple of fires burning in Georgia are producing dense smoke plumes. A fire in eastern Putnam county has smoke moving into Morgan, Greene, Oconee, Jackson, Clarke, Madison and Oglethorpe counties. A fire on the border of Chattooge and Floyd counties is emitting smoke moving into Walker and Dade counties and is now moving into Tenessee. A fire in southern Concordia county located in Louisana is emitting a dense smoke plume moving north into Tensas, Catahoula and Franklin counties. JK