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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-02-16 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 22:16:17 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-02-16 22:21:08 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-16 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 152 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20250472216176_e20250472218549_c20250472219048.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20250472211176_e20250472213549_c20250472214033.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 3 |
Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | TX |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Smith County, TX |
| NWS WFO | Shreveport LA |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-02-16 22:17:20UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 32.426388°, -95.477776° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 7.12 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 284.93 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 2.32 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 2.58 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 9.48 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.07 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.36 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.65 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 2 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.10 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.56 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 3.67 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 43.90° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 69.30° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 72.90° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 11.10 km2 |
| Latest Satellite Imagery: | |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | TX |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Chambers County, TX |
| NWS WFO | Houston/Galveston TX |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-02-16 22:17:50UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 29.847500°, -94.573891° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 3.29 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 289.30 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 1.96 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 4.22 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 8.41 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.53 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 1.81 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.99 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 5 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 0.90 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.59 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 3.29 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 41.00° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 68.60° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 70.40° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.30 km2 |
| Latest Satellite Imagery: | |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | Nuevo León |
| Country/Countries | Mexico |
| County/Locality(s) | Montemorelos, Nuevo León |
| NWS WFO | N/A |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-02-16 22:17:49UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 25.338333°, -99.900558° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 10.80 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 300.71 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 2.43 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 2.39 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 8.83 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 7.86 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.25 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.53 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 25 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.50 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.58 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 5.73 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 40.60° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 62.30° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 59.50° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 10.50 km2 |
| Latest Satellite Imagery: | |
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