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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2026-01-20 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 18:25:55 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2026-01-20 18:26:35 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-19 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 666 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G19_s20260201825550_e20260201826007_c20260201826060.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G19_s20260201824550_e20260201825007_c20260201825064.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 3 |
Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | MO |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Texas County, MO |
| NWS WFO | Springfield MO |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-01-20 18:25:56UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 37.532223°, -92.029167° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 15.30 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Fire Risk, Known Incident: Hanks RX (HIGH, tdiff=2.87189 days, Point) |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 287.93 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 3.40 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.21 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 12.04 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 11.07 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.94 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.75 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 3 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.20 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.19 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 8.25 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 47.20° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 57.60° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 100.40° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 11.80 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | GA |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Calhoun County, GA |
| NWS WFO | Tallahassee FL |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-01-20 18:26:00UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 31.594444°, -84.807777° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 3.81 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Fire Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 294.16 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 2.25 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 1.50 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 10.52 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 8.36 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 1.72 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 1.96 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 24 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 0.60 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.70 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 3.81 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 38.40° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 52.40° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 87.30° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.10 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | AL |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Escambia County, AL |
| NWS WFO | Mobile AL |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-01-20 18:26:00UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 31.174723°, -87.226387° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 12.89 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Fire Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 293.95 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 3.45 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 2.48 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 10.98 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 8.42 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.23 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.50 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 7 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 2.00 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.61 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.98 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 7.13 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 38.80° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 51.60° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 86.50° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 10.30 km2 |
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