DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z February 28, 2006
Location of smoke is before local sunset when visible imagery to too dark to detect the smoke with ease. North Carolina: (2245Z) A fire near Cherry Point Air Field in Pamlico county is producing dense smoke that extends E 71km or about 20km to the SW of Atlantic. The width of the plume is about 29km wide. Florida thru (2215Z) A fire near Gardner in S Hardee county along with a fire near Brownville in De Soto county are combining to produce a plume of thin smoke that is drifting S about 46km to the Charlotte/Lee county line near SR-31. The plume is about 11km wide A fire in far SE Charlotte county N of Alva is producing a plume of thin smoke moving S 28km. The plume is about 10km wide. A fire near Lakewood Park in St. Lucie county is producing thin smoke that is moving SW and extends about 5km with a width about 1-2km. A much larger plume of moderate density is moving ESE and is a bit higher in altitude and extends aobut 53km away from the fire or 37km offshore with an average width of 20km. A fire near Twin Pole in S Liberty county has recently had rapid increase in smoke production from increased winds. The smoke is dense moving to the ESE and extends 32km to the coast of Apalachee Bay in Piney Island...with an average width of 29km. A thin line of smoke could be seen moving ENE extending 57km to near St. Marks in Wakulla county. Alabama: (thru 2245Z) A fire near Pleasant Hill in Dale county is producing thin smoke that is moving ENE and extends 35km and is about 11km wide. A fire near Johnsonville in Conecuh county is producing thin smoke that is moving ENE and extends 86km and is about 18km wide. A fire near Dixonville along the FL/AL state line in Escambia county is producing thin to moderately dense smoke that and extends 76km and is about 20km wide. A fire near Nettleboro in Clarke county is producing thin smoke that is moving ENE and extends 99km and is about 21km wide. Mississippi: (thru 2245Z) A fire near Energy in Clarke county is producing moderately dense smoke that is moving ENE and extends 81km to near Alfalfa, AL in Marengo county. The plume is about 13km wide. A fire near Smithtown in Wayne county is producing convectively dense smoke that is moving NE and extends 59km to near Coxs Landing, AL in Clarke county. The plume is about 28km wide. A fire near Avent in George county has produced convectively dense smoke that has moved ENE into SE AL about 137km from the source near Perdue Hill, AL in Monroe county. The plume is about 30km wide. A fire near Vestry in Jackson county is producing convectively dense smoke that extends ENE 29km and is about 23km wide. A fire near Martin Bluff in Jackson county produced a moderately dense puff of smoke that is about 11km by 11km and is located over Mobile Bay at 2245Z. The puff started around 2045Z. Louisiana: (thru 2245Z) A fire near Bringhurst in Rapides parish is producing moderate to dense smoke that extends NE 64km and is about 21km wide. A fire near Bentley in Grant parish is producing moderate to dense smoke that extends NE 165km to the AR/LA boarder into SE Ashley county, AR. The plume is about 25km wide. A fire near Clavin in Winn parish is producing moderate to dense smoke that extends NE 142km into S AR near SW Ashley county. The plume is about 20km wide. Texas: (thru 2315Z) A fire south of the Sam Rayburn Res. near the town of Ebenezer in Jasper county is producing dense smoke that extends NNE 97km to the N tip of the Toledo Bend Res. The plume is about 26km wide. A fire near Evergreen in San Jacinto county is producing moderate to dense smoke that extends NNE 132km and is about 28km wide. A fire that is covering most of the SW portion of Matagorda island producing a very complex smoke situation with smoke going in nearly all directions: The plume of moderate to dense smoke covers all of Jackson, Victoria, Calhoun, and E Refugio counties as well as a small area of the Gulf of Mexico from the fire to 33km SE of the fire to 13km SW of the fire just off the San Jose Island coast. Gallina