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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-02-28 |
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| Time: | 22:17:55 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-02-28 22:18:39 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-16 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 152 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G16_s20250592217554_e20250592218011_c20250592218065.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G16_s20250592215554_e20250592216011_c20250592216067.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | IA |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Jones County, IA |
| NWS WFO | Quad Cities IL |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-02-28 22:17:58UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 42.058056°, -91.320274° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 9.70 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) | 287.96 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.35 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 5.42 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 11.75 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 11.63 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.94 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.97 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 7 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.40 K |
| Image Interval | 2.00 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 | 9.70 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 51.50° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 74.30° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 83.20° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.40 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | TN |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | McNairy County, TN |
| NWS WFO | Memphis TN |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-02-28 22:18:01UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 35.175556°, -88.568886° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 11.78 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 293.90 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 2.77 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 27.73 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 9.80 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.01 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.53 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 11.31 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 2 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.80 K |
| Image Interval | 2.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.84 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 5.92 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 43.50° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 73.30° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 78.60° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 11.00 km2 |
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