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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-08-20 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 15:21:17 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-08-20 15:26:18 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-19 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 666 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G19_s20252321521171_e20252321523545_c20252321524035.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G19_s20252321516171_e20252321518545_c20252321519038.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 3 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | MS |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Sunflower County, MS |
| NWS WFO | Jackson MS |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-08-20 15:22:21UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 33.522778°, -90.736389° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 62.91 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 316.35 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 11.44 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 4.47 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 14.51 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 28.23 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 10.70 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.21 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 17 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 6.40 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.93 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.52 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 33.47 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 42.60° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 42.80° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 77.70° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 10.90 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | MS |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Jasper County, MS |
| NWS WFO | Jackson MS |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-08-20 15:22:21UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 32.103054°, -89.195274° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 14.56 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 306.61 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.02 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 8.19 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 4.69 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 15.37 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.32 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 9.24 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 25 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.80 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.14 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 14.56 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 40.50° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 41.10° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 73.80° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.30 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | TX |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Zapata County, TX |
| NWS WFO | Brownsville TX |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-08-20 15:22:49UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 27.045000°, -99.035835° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 14.19 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 310.78 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 2.41 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 2.72 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 3.34 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 20.09 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.53 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.70 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 25 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.40 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.34 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 14.19 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 41.30° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 48.40° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 83.40° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.30 km2 |
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