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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2026-01-21 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 17:58:55 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2026-01-21 17:59:39 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-19 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 666 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G19_s20260211758551_e20260211759008_c20260211759078.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G19_s20260211757551_e20260211758008_c20260211758076.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | IL |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Clinton County, IL |
| NWS WFO | St Louis MO |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-01-21 17:58:56UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 38.605000°, -89.306664° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 354.88 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Fire Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 318.99 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 26.31 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 21.16 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 40.59 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 37.23 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 26.60 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 25.28 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 16.90 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.27 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.87 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 118.39 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 47.30° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 58.50° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 103.70° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 23.60 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | SC |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Aiken County, SC |
| NWS WFO | Columbia SC |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-01-21 17:59:01UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 33.681110°, -81.718056° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 12.84 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Fire Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 289.40 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 6.27 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 4.18 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 6.55 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 22.41 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.83 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.64 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 15 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 0.10 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.49 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 12.84 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 40.00° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 53.80° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 92.30° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.20 km2 |
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