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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2026-02-17 |
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| Time: | 19:11:17 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2026-02-17 19:16:04 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-19 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 666 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G19_s20260481911171_e20260481913544_c20260481914009.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G19_s20260481906171_e20260481908544_c20260481909035.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 3 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
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| State/Province(s) | CO |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Elbert County, CO |
| NWS WFO | Denver CO |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-02-17 19:11:49UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 39.128334°, -103.888336° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 205.65 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) | 321.77 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 24.43 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 43.36 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 39.01 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 33.20 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 23.76 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 35.33 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 23.30 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.89 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 205.65 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 54.50° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 51.40° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 96.50° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 20.60 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | KS |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Finney County, KS |
| NWS WFO | Dodge City KS |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-02-17 19:11:50UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 38.167221°, -100.618057° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 46.98 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) | 303.13 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 8.31 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 2.92 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 14.61 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 32.51 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 8.73 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.25 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 15 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 10.30 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.44 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.99 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 46.98 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 51.80° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 50.60° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 93.30° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.50 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | GA |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Mitchell County, GA |
| NWS WFO | Tallahassee FL |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-02-17 19:12:21UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 31.284721°, -84.283058° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 14.33 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) | 305.16 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.35 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.84 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 13.09 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 13.24 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.43 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.75 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 21 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 2.00 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.60 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.87 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 14.33 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 37.90° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 47.60° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 78.10° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.10 km2 |
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