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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-08-18 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 17:36:18 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-08-18 17:41:26 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-19 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 666 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G19_s20252301736183_e20252301738556_c20252301739053.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G19_s20252301731183_e20252301733556_c20252301734030.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | MS |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Issaquena County, MS |
| NWS WFO | Jackson MS |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-08-18 17:37:22UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 32.930000°, -90.960831° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 96.57 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) | 324.33 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 11.37 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.80 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 13.77 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 33.13 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 11.52 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.30 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 13 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 7.00 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.49 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.47 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 49.48 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 42.10° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 20.60° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 62.70° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 10.80 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | AL |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Crenshaw County, AL |
| NWS WFO | Mobile AL |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-08-18 17:37:22UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 31.736389°, -86.256111° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 23.11 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 311.54 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 5.74 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 7.57 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 6.30 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 19.77 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.96 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.79 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 25 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 3.20 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 | 0.94 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 23.11 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 39.00° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 18.40° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 57.20° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.10 km2 |
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