DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0115Z March 21, 2008
Southeast US: Several fires were producing mainly light to occasionally moderately dense smoke that was drifting to the south. The larger/more dense plumes were seen over central Jefferson county in the Florida Panhandle, which extended into the Gulf of Mexico, and along the Lawrence/Winston border in northern Alabama. A moderately dense plume also developed near sunset over Harrison county in southern Mississippi and was moving to the southwest. Texas: Firs in Walker, Trinity and Shelby counties in east Texas produced moderately dense plumes that were moving to the north in the mid to late afternoon reaching into Van Zandt county and southern Caddo parish. Several smoke plumes were seen in south Texas ands were mainly moving to the northwest. The largest plumes were associated with large fires in eastern Kenedy county (where the plumes reached into Jim Hogg and Duval counties) and extreme northwest Duval county (where the plume reached into southwest Frio county). Mexico: A fire continues to burn in northern Mexico near Monterrey, however it has become less intense today. A plume of thin smoke was extending from the fire to the northeast but remained south of the border. Oklahoma/Kansas: Several fires over northern Oklahoma and southern Kansas had narrow plumes of mainly light smoke that were moving to the north-northeast. The plumes were less than 50 km long and were seen over Woodward, Major, Creek and Washington counties in Oklahoma and Barber county in Kansas. Arizona: A fire in southern Mohave county had a light to locally moderately dense plume that was moving to the east. Hawaii: A large area of vog mixed with at least some smoke was seen along the west coast of the Big Island and extending further west at least 450 km. This mix of vog and smoke was mainly moderately dense. Ruminski