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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2026-02-18 |
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| Time: | 18:32:25 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2026-02-18 18:33:38 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-19 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 666 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G19_s20260491832251_e20260491832308_c20260491832367.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G19_s20260491831251_e20260491831308_c20260491831368.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 3 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | IA |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Black Hawk County, IA |
| NWS WFO | Des Moines IA |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-02-18 18:32:27UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 42.318890°, -92.161667° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 38.46 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Critical Fire Risk (NWS/SPC) and Red Flag Warning (NWS) |
| Event Priority Ranking | 1 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 302.08 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 5.85 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 4.45 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 16.75 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 16.18 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.23 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.67 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 6 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 6.30 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.35 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 21.95 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 52.10° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 54.30° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 102.20° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 13.00 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | IA |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Crawford County, IA |
| NWS WFO | Des Moines IA |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-02-18 18:32:27UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 42.155277°, -95.275833° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 39.01 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Critical Fire Risk (NWS/SPC) and Red Flag Warning (NWS) |
| Event Priority Ranking | 1 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 303.97 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 6.09 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 15.18 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 18.18 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 16.57 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.87 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 11.03 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 4.00 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 | 0.98 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 21.89 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 53.10° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 54.10° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 102.80° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 13.30 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | IL |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Madison County, IL |
| NWS WFO | St Louis MO |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-02-18 18:32:28UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 38.961113°, -89.644165° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 8.03 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) | 301.85 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 1.94 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 2.79 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 12.36 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 9.79 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.58 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.36 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 25 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 0.50 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 | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 8.03 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 47.80° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 51.10° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 94.90° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.00 km2 |
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