June 2026: The UW campus has experienced a significant chilled water disruption. This will limit SSEC datacenter cooling and data outages may occur without warning. Please consider accessing NGFS detections and satellite imagery through the NOAA/NESDIS Wildland Fire Data Portal: https://fire.data.nesdis.noaa.gov/map/
Wildfire Notification Report
| Date: | 2026-06-15 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 18:36:19 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2026-06-15 18:41:18 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-19 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 666 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G19_s20261661836191_e20261661838564_c20261661839060.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G19_s20261661831191_e20261661833564_c20261661834018.nc,OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G19_s20261661826191_e20261661828564_c20261661829042.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Notifications: | 3 |
Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | NC |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Wayne County, NC |
| NWS WFO | Raleigh NC |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-06-15 18:37:24UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 35.188889°, -78.118057° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting notification criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 31.75 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Notification Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Fire Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 317.35 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 7.92 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.35 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 16.29 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 22.29 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 7.98 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.37 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 18 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 6.30 K |
| Image Interval | 10.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.68 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.37 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 31.75 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 41.20° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 21.80° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 52.70° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.30 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | GA |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Tift County, GA |
| NWS WFO | Tallahassee FL |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-06-15 18:37:23UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 31.458611°, -83.529167° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting notification criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 16.61 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Notification Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Likely an Urban Source |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 311.60 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.15 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 1.91 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 8.75 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 25.66 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.50 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.59 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 25 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 3.50 K |
| Image Interval | 10.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.58 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.99 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 16.61 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 37.90° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 16.10° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 43.50° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.10 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | Chihuahua |
| Country/Countries | Mexico |
| County/Locality(s) | Janos, Chihuahua |
| NWS WFO | N/A |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-06-15 18:37:20UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 30.910833°, -108.577499° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting notification criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 311.26 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Notification Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Fire Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 333.46 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 15.44 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 7.60 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 21.40 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 39.72 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 15.07 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.09 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 12.30 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.93 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 149.96 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 51.30° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 11.40° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 62.60° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 19.20 km2 |
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