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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2026-02-27 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 20:34:55 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2026-02-27 20:35:39 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-19 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 666 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G19_s20260582034559_e20260582035017_c20260582035072.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G19_s20260582032559_e20260582033016_c20260582033083.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | IL |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Will County, IL |
| NWS WFO | Chicago IL |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-02-27 20:34:58UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 41.401669°, -87.595833° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 11.27 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Fire Risk (Detection is near a solar farm) |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 295.00 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 3.79 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.57 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 14.25 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 17.16 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.20 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.28 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 15 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 4.60 K |
| Image Interval | 2.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.33 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 11.27 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 49.70° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 61.00° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 89.80° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.20 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | OK |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Latimer County, OK |
| NWS WFO | Tulsa OK |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-02-27 20:34:59UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 34.891388°, -95.431114° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 10.11 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) | 305.81 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.27 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.68 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 14.61 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 7.67 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.23 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.95 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 8 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 0.80 K |
| Image Interval | 2.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.90 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.41 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 10.11 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 46.10° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 52.10° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 75.70° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.80 km2 |
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