DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0345Z February 26, 2012
Nevada: Blowing dust was observed in several locations in Nevada this evening. --An area of dust originating in Churchill County near Carson Sink moved east into Eureka County. --An area of dust originating at the Lander/Eureka County line moved east into Pine County. --An area of dust originating in Esmeralda County moved to the southeast into Nye County. Utah: Dust from the Bonneville Flats in Tooele County moved to the southeast and into Millard County by sunset. Great Plains: Dust originated in numerous north Texas counties this evening: Moore, Sherman, Hansford, Ochiltree, Roberts, Carson and Randall. Dust moved to the NNE over the Oklahoma panhandle and into the western third of Kansas. By sunset, dust from Texas reached Red Willow and Furnas Counties in southern Nebraska. Arkansas: Fires in northwestern Arkansas produced locally dense smoke for communities in Sebastian, Logan, Yell, and Pope Counties. 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