DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0232Z March 25, 2007

Southeastern States:
A large number of fires were detected on satellite imagery this evening
from the Carolinas to Louisiana.  Scattered high clouds throughout the
region greatly limited smoke detection to a few scattered smoke plumes
over southern Mississippi that were drifting northwest and to a few smoke
plumes over southeastern South Carolina that were drifting eastward.
All of these plumes were generally thin with a few localized areas of
moderate density smoke.  By far the most prominent smoke plume detected
over the southeast was with a fire over western Union County in Tennessee.
The moderately dense smoke plume associated with this fire extended east
into Mitchell and Avery counties in extreme western North Carolina.

Red River and Mississippi River Valleys:
A large number of fires was mostly concentrated from southeastern Oklahoma
and extending into northeastern Arkansas.  Although only a few smoke
plumes were detected in the overall fire activity, the plumes that were
detected were rather large with localized areas of very dense smoke.
The fires emitting these plumes were the following:

1.  A long lasting fire over northern McCurtain county in Oklahoma. The
moderately dense to localized dense smoke plume associated with this fire
was extending mostly north into southern Delaware county.  At sunset the
highest density smoke appeared to be from northern Le Flore county into
Adair county.
2.  Large fires over northeast Johnson county and southeastern Marion
county in Arkansas.  The smoke plumes from the Johnson and Marion county
fires extended north and merged over southern Arkansas with the plumes
furthest northern extent near Springfield and extending east into
Wright county.  Large areas of moderate density smoke extended from
the point sources of each respective fire and covered large portions
of Christian/Taney/Douglas/Ozark counties with an area high density
smoke confined mostly to an area located near the common border of
Taney/Christian/Douglas counties.

Hanna

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.