DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z March 14, 2014
Plains/Mississippi Valley/Southeast US Numerous fires are burning across this region with most producing light to some moderate smoke. Some are producing moderately dense to dense smoke. Most smoke from these fires are moving in an E-ly direction This is a large change from yesterday where most of the fires were burning across the southern/central Plains and Louisiana. The largest of all these fires are listed below by state. Alabama: A fire burning in E Winston county is producing moderately dense to dense smoke SE into Walker, Jefferson, Blout and Cullman counties. Mississippi: A large fire burning in Lafayette county is emitting moderately dense to dense smoke into the counties of Pontotoc, Lee and Union. In the southern part of the state, a fire in Perry county is producing moderately dense to dense smoke S into George, Stone and Jackson counties. Smoke is beginning to reach the Gulf of Mexico. Arkansas: Fires in Scott and Franklin counties are producing large amounts of moderately dense to dense smoke spreading E into multiple counties. The largest of the two, the Scott county fire, smoke is reaching the counties of Yell, Logan, Perry, Garline, Saline, Pope and Conway. Oklahoma/Western Arkansas A large fire in E McCurtain county is spreading smoke into eastern Arkansas with smoke reaching as far as the counties of Yell and Logan. Southeast Missouri: A large fire in W Carter county is producing dense smoke that spreads across SE Missouri and is reaching into parts of W Kentucky and Tennessee. Some light smoke from this fire is reaching NE Arkansas. - J Kibler THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF 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.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/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