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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2026-02-24 |
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| Time: | 19:39:55 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2026-02-24 19:41:19 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-19 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 666 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G19_s20260551939556_e20260551940016_c20260551940072.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G19_s20260551938556_e20260551939014_c20260551939064.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 3 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | AL |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Shelby County, AL |
| NWS WFO | Birmingham AL |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-02-24 19:40:00UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 33.347500°, -86.405281° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 58.97 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) | 295.09 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 8.60 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 6.17 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 14.74 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 23.79 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 8.62 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 9.24 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 5.10 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.75 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.96 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 23.60 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 40.80° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 49.40° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 78.70° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 15.90 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | GA |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Johnson County, GA |
| NWS WFO | Peachtree City GA |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-02-24 19:40:01UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 32.760555°, -82.641670° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 8.12 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) | 295.48 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.99 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 5.53 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 14.94 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 9.18 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.14 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 10.74 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 4 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 0.50 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.91 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.96 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 8.12 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 39.10° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 50.80° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 79.20° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.20 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | GA |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Harris County, GA |
| NWS WFO | Peachtree City GA |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-02-24 19:40:00UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 32.654446°, -85.055275° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 11.48 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Fire Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 294.75 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.93 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.90 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 13.02 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 12.78 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.56 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.38 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 2 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 2.60 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.19 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 11.48 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 39.60° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 49.50° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 77.80° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.20 km2 |
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