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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2026-02-18 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 20:27:55 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2026-02-18 20:28:34 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-19 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 666 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G19_s20260492027551_e20260492028008_c20260492028069.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G19_s20260492026551_e20260492027008_c20260492027073.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | KS |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Comanche County, KS |
| NWS WFO | Dodge City KS |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-02-18 20:27:58UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 37.289722°, -99.135834° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 616.57 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) | 312.34 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 37.53 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 12.90 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 24.57 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 65.71 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 37.30 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 18.12 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 9.00 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.50 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.85 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 339.18 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 50.30° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 54.30° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 83.10° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 12.50 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | TX |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Martin County, TX |
| NWS WFO | Midland/Odessa TX |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-02-18 20:28:00UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 32.336388°, -101.823334° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 37.20 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Elevated Fire Risk (NWS/SPC) (Detection is near: Oil/Gas) |
| Event Priority Ranking | 3 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 315.12 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 9.11 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 7.49 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 23.11 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 17.07 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 8.67 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 10.20 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 7.50 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.73 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.92 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 37.20 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 47.60° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 48.90° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 74.30° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.90 km2 |
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