DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0500Z October 4, 2011
Nevada/Idaho/Western Montana: A very large wildfire near the Eureka County/Elko County border in northern Nevada is producing very heavy smoke in the northward direction. Thick to moderate density smoke reaches as far north as western Montana while thin density remnants extend into southern British Columbia and southern Alberta. Lower Mississippi Valley: Several ag burns located in eastern Arkansas, southeast Missouri, much of Louisiana, and much of Alabama are producing localized thin to moderate density smoke plumes. The fires are most concentrated in eastern Arkansas, which is entirely covered by thin, detached areas of smoke. Smoke is being emitted mainly to the south. Texas: Thick black smoke from a chemical plant fire near Waxahachie, TX is visible on satellite imagery starting at 1600Z, becoming detached by 2000Z and mostly dissipating by 2200Z. Waxahachie is approximately 30 miles south of Dallas. Montana/Saskatchewan/North Dakota/Wyoming: From Earlier... Remnant smoke, which is believed to be from the Eden Valley and Izzenhood wildfires in Nevada, is visible on satellite imagery covering much of eastern Montana and southern Saskatchewan. As the sun rose this morning, remnant smoke was viewed near Yellowstone Park in WY. It is likely this smoke is from wildfires burning south of the park. Through this evening... This remnant smoke area traveled to the northeast and embedded patches of moderate density smoke in central Montana were additionally observed. Ramirez/Myrga THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE..TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE FIRE IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG: http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/ml/land/hms.html GIS: http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm KML: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov