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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-03-02 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 17:39:55 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-03-02 17:40:54 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-16 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 152 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G16_s20250611739555_e20250611740013_c20250611740058.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G16_s20250611738555_e20250611739012_c20250611739076.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 3 |
Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | IA |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Wayne County, IA |
| NWS WFO | Des Moines IA |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-03-02 17:39:56UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 40.772778°, -93.255280° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 22.15 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 297.30 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 3.89 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 4.77 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 17.91 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 17.34 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.03 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.98 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 25 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.20 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.36 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 11.70 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 50.90° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 49.50° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 99.70° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 12.70 km2 |
| Latest Satellite Imagery: | |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | MO |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Madison County, MO |
| NWS WFO | St Louis MO |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-03-02 17:39:56UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 37.349167°, -90.282219° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 10.67 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 298.48 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.23 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 8.32 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 16.47 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 14.93 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.33 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.97 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 24 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 2.60 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.39 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 10.67 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 46.30° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 45.70° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 91.30° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.80 km2 |
| Latest Satellite Imagery: | |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | MS |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Lafayette County, MS |
| NWS WFO | Memphis TN |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-03-02 17:39:59UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 34.245556°, -89.685280° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 5.29 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 299.10 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 3.67 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.14 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 15.07 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 11.63 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.66 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.54 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 25 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.10 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.92 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.94 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 5.29 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 42.90° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 42.50° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 84.70° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.50 km2 |
| Latest Satellite Imagery: | |
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