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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2026-02-17 |
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| Time: | 18:52:25 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2026-02-17 18:53:04 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-19 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 666 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G19_s20260481852250_e20260481852307_c20260481852368.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G19_s20260481851250_e20260481851307_c20260481851371.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | OK |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Beaver County, OK |
| NWS WFO | Amarillo TX |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-02-17 18:52:30UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 36.955276°, -100.293335° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 531.37 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Extreme Fire Risk (NWS/SPC) and Red Flag Warning (NWS) |
| Event Priority Ranking | 1 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 325.04 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 39.86 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 17.14 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 35.11 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 84.44 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 39.21 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 21.20 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 13.50 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.29 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.92 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 531.37 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 50.60° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 49.20° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 93.00° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.30 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | TX |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Lamb County, TX |
| NWS WFO | Lubbock TX |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-02-17 18:52:29UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 33.918610°, -102.313057° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 21.61 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) | 310.23 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.50 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 6.87 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 16.39 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 19.61 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.97 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.87 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 25 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 4.60 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.52 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 21.61 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 49.20° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 46.30° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 88.50° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.10 km2 |
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