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Wildfire Notification Report
| Date: | 2026-09-18 |
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| Time: | 21:21:17 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2026-09-18 21:26:24 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-19 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 666 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G19_s20262612121172_e20262612123546_c20262612124027.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G19_s20262612116172_e20262612118546_c20262612118598.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Notifications: | 3 |
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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 | 2026-09-18 21:21:50UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 37.386112°, -97.760834° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting notification criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 8.56 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Notification Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Fire Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 310.23 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 2.30 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 2.31 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 7.74 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 16.08 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 1.58 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.06 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 25 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 0.60 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.83 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 8.56 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 49.60° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 53.60° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 64.70° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.20 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | AR |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Phillips County, AR |
| NWS WFO | Memphis TN |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-09-18 21:22:21UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 34.355000°, -90.992775° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting notification criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 120.91 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Notification Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Fire Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 331.95 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 19.38 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 15.14 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 25.77 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 29.70 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 17.99 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 17.55 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 19.30 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 1.00 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.19 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 120.91 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 43.60° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 57.10° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 64.40° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.50 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | AR |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Clark County, AR |
| NWS WFO | Little Rock AR |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-09-18 21:22:20UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 34.105556°, -93.242226° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting notification criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 41.75 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Notification Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Fire Risk, Known Incident: Clark 500220 (HIGH, tdiff=0.03206 days, Point) |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 316.40 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 9.22 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 7.56 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 13.33 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 18.44 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 9.43 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 10.31 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 3 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 8.20 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.33 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 41.75 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 44.30° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 55.30° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 62.30° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.60 km2 |
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