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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-03-11 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 15:54:55 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-03-11 15:56:10 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-16 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 152 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G16_s20250701554553_e20250701555010_c20250701555060.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G16_s20250701553553_e20250701554010_c20250701554074.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 3 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | IL |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Marion County, IL |
| NWS WFO | St Louis MO |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-03-11 15:54:57UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 38.695557°, -88.750000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 18.20 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 304.39 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 5.79 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 11.79 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 17.02 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 13.32 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.46 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 12.08 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 4 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 4.30 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.62 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 18.20 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 47.20° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 52.40° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 97.20° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.90 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | IL |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Williamson County, IL |
| NWS WFO | Paducah KY |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-03-11 15:54:57UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 37.698334°, -88.851944° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 18.02 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 302.04 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 3.35 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.35 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 15.12 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 10.07 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.29 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.10 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 25 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.00 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.47 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.96 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 9.03 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 46.20° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 51.70° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 95.60° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 11.60 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | KY |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Muhlenberg County, KY |
| NWS WFO | Paducah KY |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-03-11 15:54:57UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 37.266666°, -87.169998° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 41.61 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 306.57 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 7.79 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 11.93 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 20.39 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 13.30 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 7.11 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 17.16 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 2 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 5.00 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.91 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 23.92 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 45.20° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 50.50° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 93.30° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 11.40 km2 |
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