DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z February 13, 2008
North Carolina: As stated earlier, the fire in extreme northwest Camden County in the Great Dismal Swamp continued to burn through the day with a hotspot appearing in satellite imagery. Given the intensity and persistence of this hotspot and the history of this fire, a smoke plume is likely being produced but is not visible in satellite imagery due to the presence of cloudiness in the area. South Carolina: Cloudiness moved across the region around the fire in Barnwell county near Snelling which earlier in the day was producing a light to moderate smoke plume that extended about 40km to the north into Aiken county. Kansas: A fire over extreme western Riley County in northeastern Kansas produced a thin to locally moderately dense smoke plume which spread to the southeast during the afternoon. Oklahoma: A couple of fires in Comanche County of southwestern Oklahoma were responsible for a long swath of thin smoke which moved in a south-southeast direction across the Red River into north central Texas. Arizona: Mainly thin smoke was observed moving to the south-southwest from a fire in far northwestern Gila County of central Arizona. The smoke plume moved across extreme southeastern Yavapai County toward northeastern Maricopa County. Southern California: Several fires over Imperial County to the south and southeast of the Salton Sea emitted quick puffs of thin smoke which moved quickly off to the south toward the US-Mexico border. Hawaii: A possible thin smoke plume was observed in visible imagery moving to the west-southwest from the Kilauea Volcano. This possible smoke plume was believed to be from lava flows encountering vegetation. JS