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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-02-20 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 00:11:17 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-02-20 00:15:54 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-16 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 152 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20250510011171_e20250510013544_c20250510014030.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20250510006171_e20250510008544_c20250510009035.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 1 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | NE |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Nemaha County, NE |
| NWS WFO | Omaha/Valley NE |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-02-20 00:11:50UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 40.519165°, -95.897224° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 7.99 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) | 264.03 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 13.92 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 13.67 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 14.90 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 14.77 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 13.94 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 24.33 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 1 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | -1.40 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.47 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 7.99 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 51.70° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 92.40° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 77.90° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.50 km2 |
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