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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2024-08-21 |
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| Time: | 23:51:17 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2024-08-21 23:55:51 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-16 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 152 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20242342351170_e20242342353543_c20242342354034.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20242342346170_e20242342348543_c20242342349032.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 3 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | SD |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Fall River County, SD |
| NWS WFO | Rapid City SD |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-08-21 23:51:50UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 43.410000°, -103.780000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 105.90 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk and Red Flag Warning |
| Event Priority Ranking | 1 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 306.09 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 14.27 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 9.65 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 8.13 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 33.53 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 13.12 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.89 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 20.20 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.99 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.99 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 105.90 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 58.00° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 69.50° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 49.30° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 9.80 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | NC |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Cleveland County, NC |
| NWS WFO | Greenville-Spartanburg SC |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-08-21 23:52:22UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 35.420000°, -81.490000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 7.39 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 292.94 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 3.34 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.76 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 4.42 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.17 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.12 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.90 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 1 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | -0.10 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.63 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 7.39 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 41.90° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 87.40° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 72.30° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.80 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | TX |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Borden County, TX |
| NWS WFO | Midland/Odessa TX |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-08-21 23:52:19UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 32.850000°, -101.600000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 22.36 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 314.80 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.21 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 5.11 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 6.79 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 13.11 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.39 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.98 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 17 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 4.10 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.34 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 22.36 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 47.90° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 71.30° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 44.50° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 7.10 km2 |
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