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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2026-02-27 |
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| Time: | 22:49:55 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2026-02-27 22:50:55 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-19 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 666 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G19_s20260582249559_e20260582250018_c20260582250075.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G19_s20260582247559_e20260582248016_c20260582248075.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) | DeKalb County, IL |
| NWS WFO | Chicago IL |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-02-27 22:49:58UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 41.999443°, -88.630836° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 7.02 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Fire Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 286.90 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 3.96 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 6.49 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 7.75 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.01 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.17 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.19 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 2 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 3.30 K |
| Image Interval | 2.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.85 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 7.02 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 50.70° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 81.80° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 84.80° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.30 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | MS |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Lafayette County, MS |
| NWS WFO | Memphis TN |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-02-27 22:50:00UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 34.188889°, -89.389999° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 7.93 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Fire Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 291.53 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 1.90 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 4.74 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 7.09 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.47 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 1.93 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 10.20 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 4 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.10 K |
| Image Interval | 2.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.44 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 4.11 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 42.70° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 78.70° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 78.10° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 10.90 km2 |
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