DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z September 19, 2019

SMOKE:
Central and Southeastern U.S...
A large area of leftover thin-density smoke was seen across the central
and southeastern U.S. stretching from Illinois, Iowa, and Kansas
to the Atlantic coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. In
addition, a large cluster of seasonal/agricultural fires primarily in
southeastern Missouri and eastern Arkansas were producing numerous plumes
of moderate-density smoke that mixed together into a larger mass over
the fires, with thinner smoke from this area extending over northwestern
Mississippi. Other seasonal fires in the surrounding areas were also
producing plumes of light smoke.

Oklahoma/Kansas...
Several seasonal fires/fire clusters were producing plumes of smoke in
northern Oklahoma and southern Kansas. These plumes were moving northward
from their parent fires, and mostly consisted of thin smoke. One area
of fires in Osage County, Oklahoma was producing thick smoke.

Arizona...
The Whiskey Fire southwest of Flagstaff, Arizona began producing a large
amount of thick smoke this afternoon. The plume stretched northeastward
across the Flagstaff area and reached toward the Four Corners area.

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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/data/land/fire/currenthms.jpg
GIS:    ftp://satpsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/FIRE/HMS/GIS/
KML:    http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/fire.kml (fire)
        http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/smoke.kml (smoke)

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO:
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.