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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2026-01-01 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 19:29:57 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2026-01-01 19:30:42 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-19 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 666 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G19_s20260011929573_e20260011930032_c20260011930091.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G19_s20260011928573_e20260011929030_c20260011929102.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 1 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | IA |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Floyd County, IA |
| NWS WFO | La Crosse WI |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-01-01 19:29:58UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 42.930279°, -92.970001° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 6.12 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Fire Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 280.73 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.64 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.52 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 15.26 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 9.69 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.02 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 7.68 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 2 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 3.90 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.67 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.96 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 6.12 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 53.00° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 68.00° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 108.00° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.60 km2 |
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