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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2026-02-19 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 20:12:55 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2026-02-19 20:13:37 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-19 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 666 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G19_s20260502012552_e20260502013009_c20260502013073.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G19_s20260502011552_e20260502012009_c20260502012073.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | TX |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Loving County, TX |
| NWS WFO | Midland/Odessa TX |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-02-19 20:12:59UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 31.879723°, -103.793892° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 22.32 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) | 311.29 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 2.82 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.31 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 20.54 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 12.60 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.45 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.86 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 25 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 0.90 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 | 0.99 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 11.57 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 48.50° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 46.10° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 75.20° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 12.10 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | TX |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Walker County, TX |
| NWS WFO | Houston/Galveston TX |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-02-19 20:13:00UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 30.771389°, -95.581665° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 17.40 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) | 306.51 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 6.73 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 7.26 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 13.48 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 17.77 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.16 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.39 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 24 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.50 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.85 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.94 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 17.40 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 42.40° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 48.30° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 72.10° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.40 km2 |
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