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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-03-12 |
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| Time: | 15:03:53 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-03-12 15:04:59 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-16 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 152 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G16_s20250711503533_e20250711503590_c20250711504061.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G16_s20250711502533_e20250711502590_c20250711503053.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 3 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | IA |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Fayette County, IA |
| NWS WFO | La Crosse WI |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-03-12 15:03:54UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 42.777500°, -92.035278° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 22.53 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 289.79 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 5.33 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 8.52 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 10.30 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 13.41 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.53 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 10.57 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 4 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 3.20 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.43 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 12.18 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 52.50° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 63.90° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 109.40° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 13.10 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | IA |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Hardin County, IA |
| NWS WFO | Des Moines IA |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-03-12 15:03:54UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 42.236668°, -93.036942° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 4.81 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 288.16 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 2.60 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.45 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 8.38 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 9.60 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.25 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.22 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 25 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.60 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.75 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 4.81 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 52.30° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 64.20° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 109.70° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.50 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | GA |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Laurens County, GA |
| NWS WFO | Peachtree City GA |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-03-12 15:03:59UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 32.501110°, -82.705002° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 3.56 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 297.21 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 1.83 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 2.88 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 8.99 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.37 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 1.66 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.05 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 22 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 0.40 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.61 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 3.56 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 38.80° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 52.00° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 84.30° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.10 km2 |
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