DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2245Z February 8, 2007
Southeast US: A large number of agricultural and prescribe burns were seen over the Southeast US today stretching from the Carolinas into Florida and parts of Alabama. Numerous smoke plumes were observed, most of which were drifting to the east and southeast over the open waters of the Atlantic and the northwest Gulf of Mexico. The longest plumes extended to 150 km or more. Some of the larger plumes were seen over southern Tyrrell and central Montgomery counties in North Carolina; Chesterfield, Williamsburg and Georgetown counties in South Carolina; southwest Jasper, Bryan, Wayne and western Brantley counties in Georgia and northern St John's, southern Putnam, Columbia, Manatee, Charlotte and numerous plumes over Wakulla, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties in Florida. Ruminski