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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-04-09 |
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| Time: | 18:40:28 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-04-09 18:41:09 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-19 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 666 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G19_s20250991840283_e20250991840340_c20250991840402.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G19_s20250991839254_e20250991839311_c20250991839364.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 1 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | KS |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Elk County, KS |
| NWS WFO | Wichita KS |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-04-09 18:40:34UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 37.585556°, -96.305832° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 28.59 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Elevated SPC Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 3 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 310.14 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.22 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 1.48 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 16.19 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 16.34 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.07 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 1.64 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 24 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 2.20 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.55 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 14.79 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 49.10° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 30.50° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 74.60° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 12.20 km2 |
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