DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z December 05, 2007
GOES-12 (East) satellite imagery was not available from 04/1645z and through the present time. Due to this outage overall fire and smoke detection was hindered and obscured. Fires with associated smoke seen in GOES-11, AVHRR and MODIS TERRA satellite imagery. Florida: A fire in Taylor county is producing moderately dense smoke moving south over the Gulf of Mexico. Another fire is burning in Okaloosa county emitting light smoke to the south and into the Gulf of Mexico. Arkansas: A fire burning in Ouachita county is emitting light smoke to the east NE, but staying within county borders. In Nevada county a fire is producing light smoke moving east NE into Dallas and Clark counties. Mississippi: In Marion county a small fire is emitting light smoke to the east and is reaching Lamar and Forest counties. Texas: In Refugio county a fire is emitting light smoke to the southeast reaching the Gulf of Mexico. To the west in Bee county a fire is producing light smoke southeast into Refugio county. J Kibler