DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z February 17, 2006
Florida Panhandle/Alabama: A fire in the Blackwater River State Forest just north of Munson in Santa Rosa county is producing a nearly 140 mile long plume of moderately dense smoke that extended into central portions of Alabama as far north as Shelby county. Southeast States: Widespread fire activity over the Southeast from the central Florida Panhandle to southern North Carolina are producing numerous thin smoke plumes that extend north/northwest from their respective fires. Highest concentration of smoke plumes appear to be centered over east central Georgia from the vicinity of Macon east/northeast to near Augusta. Texas/Oklahoma: A fire over western Armstrong county in Texas was producing a thin smoke plume that extended 20 miles south into portions of eastern Swisher county. A fire along the Murray/Carter county border in Oklahoma was producing a smoke plume that extended 40 miles to the south/southeast into Grayson county, Texas. A fire over Wilson county, Texas had a thin smoke plume that extended 35 miles north into Guadalupe county. Oregon: A fire over eastern Coos county was producing a smoke plume that extended 45 miles east/northeast into western portions of Douglas county. Hanna