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Wildfire Notification Report
| Date: | 2026-03-21 |
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| Time: | 17:26:25 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2026-03-21 17:27:07 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-19 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 666 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G19_s20260801726250_e20260801726308_c20260801726371.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G19_s20260801725250_e20260801725308_c20260801725357.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Notifications: | 3 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
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| State/Province(s) | NC |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Cherokee County, NC |
| NWS WFO | Morristown TN |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-03-21 17:26:29UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 35.230556°, -84.250832° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting notification criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 9.09 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Notification Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Fire Risk, Known Incident: TUS Elbow Creek RX (HIGH, tdiff=0.1703 days, Point) |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 306.74 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 2.03 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 2.08 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 12.84 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 14.29 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.00 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.58 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 25 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 0.30 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.23 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 9.09 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 42.20° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 35.70° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 77.70° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.40 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | SC |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Richland County, SC |
| NWS WFO | Columbia SC |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-03-21 17:26:30UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 33.912224°, -80.721390° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting notification criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 12.09 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) | 310.14 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.56 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.30 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 12.19 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 15.99 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.26 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.63 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 | 0.95 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 12.09 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 40.00° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 34.10° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 74.00° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.20 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | AL |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Coffee County, AL |
| NWS WFO | Tallahassee FL |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-03-21 17:26:29UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 31.547777°, -86.139725° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting notification criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 5.60 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) | 306.57 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 2.18 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 2.74 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 11.30 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 11.05 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 1.68 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.18 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 25 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 0.40 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.87 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 5.60 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 38.80° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 32.30° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 70.90° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.10 km2 |
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