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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-12-18 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 19:40:55 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-12-18 19:41:38 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-19 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 666 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G19_s20253521940559_e20253521941016_c20253521941069.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G19_s20253521939559_e20253521940017_c20253521940069.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | KS |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Franklin County, KS |
| NWS WFO | Topeka KS |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-12-18 19:40:58UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 38.658054°, -95.495277° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 8.85 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Elevated Fire Risk (NWS/SPC) and Red Flag Warning (NWS) |
| Event Priority Ranking | 1 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 290.85 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.43 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.46 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 11.55 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 12.88 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.10 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.48 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 7 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.00 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.50 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 8.85 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 49.80° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 64.90° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 98.90° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.20 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | KS |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Bourbon County, KS |
| NWS WFO | Springfield MO |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-12-18 19:40:58UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 37.938057°, -94.627502° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 4.32 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Elevated Fire Risk (NWS/SPC) and Red Flag Warning (NWS) |
| Event Priority Ranking | 1 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 290.91 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 1.94 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.69 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 10.66 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 7.61 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.00 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.18 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 25 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.90 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.41 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 4.32 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 48.70° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 64.50° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 97.70° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.10 km2 |
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