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Wildfire Notification Report
| Date: | 2026-08-02 |
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| Time: | 19:06:57 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2026-08-02 19:07:42 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G18_s20262141906574_e20262141907032_c20262141907096.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | NONE |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Notifications: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
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| State/Province(s) | SD |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Hanson County, SD |
| NWS WFO | Sioux Falls SD |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-08-02 19:07:00UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 43.673054°, -97.801392° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting notification criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 195.39 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) | 317.86 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 14.93 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 8.35 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 14.81 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 22.40 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 14.17 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 11.73 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 3 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | -999.00 K |
| Image Interval | -999.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.81 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 112.91 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 64.10° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 26.20° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 86.50° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 18.30 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | UT |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Millard County, UT |
| NWS WFO | Salt Lake City UT |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Bias) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-08-02 19:06:58UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 38.825001°, -112.320000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting notification criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 36878.36 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Notification Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Elevated Fire Risk (NWS/SPC) and Red Flag Warning (NWS), Known Incident: Widemouth 2 (HIGH, tdiff=0. |
| Event Priority Ranking | 1 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 411.01 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 84.50 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 77.48 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 105.41 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 83.27 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 71.65 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 78.37 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | -999.00 K |
| Image Interval | -999.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 1.00 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.57 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 4739.06 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 52.00° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 21.50° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 66.00° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 266.50 km2 |
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