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Wildfire Notification Report
| Date: | 2026-03-18 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 19:00:56 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2026-03-18 19:01:38 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-19 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 666 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G19_s20260771900562_e20260771901020_c20260771901071.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G19_s20260771859562_e20260771900021_c20260771900072.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Notifications: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | KS |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Franklin County, KS |
| NWS WFO | Topeka KS |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-03-18 19:01:02UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 38.566666°, -95.200554° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting notification criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 34.17 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Notification Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Fire Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 304.04 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 7.08 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 11.98 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 14.39 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 32.21 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 7.47 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 7.09 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 4.00 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.11 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 34.17 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 49.50° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 40.60° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 82.70° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.20 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | KS |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Sumner County, KS |
| NWS WFO | Wichita KS |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-03-18 19:01:02UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 37.242500°, -97.417503° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting notification criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 13.99 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Notification Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Fire Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 309.40 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 3.89 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.97 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 16.97 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 18.55 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.34 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.65 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 25 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 2.50 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.90 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 13.99 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 49.30° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 39.00° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 80.90° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.10 km2 |
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