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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-03-13 |
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| Time: | 21:52:53 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-03-13 21:53:47 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-16 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 152 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G16_s20250722152533_e20250722152591_c20250722153050.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G16_s20250722150533_e20250722150591_c20250722151046.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) | Henry County, IL |
| NWS WFO | Quad Cities IL |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-03-13 21:52:55UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 41.195278°, -90.139725° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 5.29 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) | 298.35 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 1.67 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 2.30 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 12.25 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 7.24 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 1.56 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.03 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 25 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 0.90 K |
| Image Interval | 2.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.59 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 5.29 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 50.20° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 67.30° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 79.20° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.30 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | IA |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Union County, IA |
| NWS WFO | Des Moines IA |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-03-13 21:52:54UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 40.919445°, -94.166115° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 12.20 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 299.19 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 3.83 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 5.46 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 11.82 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 11.17 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.28 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.51 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 24 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 2.00 K |
| Image Interval | 2.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.82 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 12.20 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 51.40° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 64.50° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 76.20° |
| 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 | 2025-03-13 21:52:58UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 35.323612°, -88.526665° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 10.27 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 298.04 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 3.10 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 5.17 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 9.08 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 10.44 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.36 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.88 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 21 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.50 K |
| Image Interval | 2.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.64 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 10.27 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 43.60° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 66.00° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 73.60° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.50 km2 |
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