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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-03-17 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 22:16:16 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-03-17 22:21:07 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-16 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 152 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20250762216169_e20250762218542_c20250762219002.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20250762211169_e20250762213542_c20250762214042.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | OK |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Carter County, OK |
| NWS WFO | Norman OK |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-03-17 22:17:19UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 34.450279°, -97.454170° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 26.89 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Critical SPC Risk and Red Flag Warning |
| Event Priority Ranking | 1 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 306.64 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 8.48 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 12.96 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 13.96 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 15.05 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 8.69 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 9.85 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 10.30 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 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 | 26.89 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 46.70° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 62.50° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 63.10° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.80 km2 |
| Latest Satellite Imagery: | |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | SC |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Sumter County, SC |
| NWS WFO | Columbia SC |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-03-17 22:17:21UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 33.977501°, -79.935837° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 6.16 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 291.15 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 3.21 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 11.71 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 8.25 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.91 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.29 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 10.16 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 2 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 2.70 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.26 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 6.16 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 40.00° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 76.20° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 81.80° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.20 km2 |
| Latest Satellite Imagery: | |
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