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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-03-16 |
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| Time: | 23:31:15 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-03-16 23:36:00 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-16 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 152 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20250752331156_e20250752333529_c20250752334009.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20250752326156_e20250752328529_c20250752328589.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 3 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | KS |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Allen County, KS |
| NWS WFO | Wichita KS |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-03-16 23:31:48UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 37.750000°, -95.188614° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 29.14 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) | 296.41 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 13.70 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 29.13 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 18.27 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 15.22 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 13.33 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 120.76 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 12.50 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.85 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 29.14 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 48.70° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 79.90° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 68.60° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.10 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | OK |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | McIntosh County, OK |
| NWS WFO | Tulsa OK |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-03-16 23:32:18UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 35.206390°, -95.904724° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 13.26 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) | 3.79 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 7.01 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 8.51 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.56 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.66 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.83 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 3 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.20 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.65 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 7.36 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 46.60° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 78.80° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 66.20° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 11.60 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | Sonora |
| Country/Countries | Mexico |
| County/Locality(s) | Hermosillo, Sonora |
| NWS WFO | N/A |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-03-16 23:32:46UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 28.760834°, -111.346664° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 13.98 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 310.18 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 2.87 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 2.41 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 12.42 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 7.36 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.19 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 7.27 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 5 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 0.70 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.42 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.92 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 13.98 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 51.90° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 64.60° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 45.00° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.50 km2 |
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