[meteorite-list] Huge Fireball: Possible First Meteorite Fall of 2011

From: Marc Fries <fries_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:36:15 -0800
Message-ID: <43A461CC-402E-40CA-9EEB-B00C37150075_at_psi.edu>

Depending on the radar, the data can go back as far as 1992. All of it is publicly available through the NOAA website - your tax dollars at work, as they say.

Cheers,
Marc Fries

On Jan 12, 2011, at 12:57 PM, R. Chastain wrote:

> Hi,
> I have a question about radar data in general.
> How far back is radar data archived? A few weeks/days/years??
>
> Thanks,
> Rod
>
>
> --- On Wed, 1/12/11, Marc Fries <fries at psi.edu> wrote:
>
>> From: Marc Fries <fries at psi.edu>
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Huge Fireball: Possible First Meteorite Fall of 2011
>> To: "Meteorite-list List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2011, 3:09 PM
>> Howdy, all
>>
>> I've received a bunch of requests for
>> radar data so I'll just answer them all here... I
>> pulled all the radar data down last night and did a perusal
>> for fall signatures. I didn't see anything terribly
>> obvious but eyewitness reports were not very specific at the
>> time. I'm out of town working today but will sit down with
>> the radar data (and much better eyewitness reports!) tonight
>> and see what I can find. I'll post the results to my
>> blog so everyone can see them.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Marc Fries
>>
>>
>> On Jan 12, 2011, at 10:30 AM, Meteorites USA wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Robert, a short duration Fireball doesn't really
>> mean much with regard to whether meteorites are on the
>> ground as evidenced by the Whetstone Mountains meteorite
>> fall. The question on this one is whether there was
>> fragmentation, and if there is video of that fragmentation.
>> Fragmentation has been reported by many eye witnesses. A
>> good sign is that sonic booms were heard as well, and quote
>> "houses were rattled". Though not definitive it's a very
>> good piece of the puzzle.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Eric
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1/12/2011 10:25 AM, meteoritefinder at yahoo.com
>> wrote:
>>>> Yeah, sounded pretty impressive at first and was
>> reported over a huge area, but as others have noted,
>> it was quite short, so ...
>>>>
>>>> Robert Woolard
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 12, 2011, at 11:59 AM, Meteorites USA<eric at meteoritesusa.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> UPDATE: New data added... This is a short
>> duration event. Current public video sucks, and no radar
>> yet. Over 30 sightings on AMS. I've added a map, and the
>> Google Earth KMZ file for download for those who want to try
>> this one. http://www.meteoritesusa.com/meteorite-news/huge-fireball-seen-across-6-states/
>>>>>
>>>>> Enjoy...
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Eric
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 1/12/2011 12:20 AM, Meteorites USA wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> You know, sometimes it's just too good to
>> be true... What are the chances a meteorite falls on 1/11/11
>> just a mere couple weeks before the Tucson show? ;)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We might have our first meteorite fall of
>> 2011. Too many reports of fragmentation and sonic booms for
>> it not to be. Looks like this might be the real deal.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here's some quotes from the articles:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "A sonic boom was heard as far north as
>> Western North Carolina..."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "...Copiah County Emergency Management
>> Director Randle Drane said residents who saw the light and
>> heard a subsequent boom called to report what they had seen
>> or heard. The majority of those who heard the boom were near
>> the town of Hopewell just southeast of Crystal Springs...."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "...Little Rock, Ark. Around 8:30 p.m. we
>> began receiving calls about a bright flash of light and a
>> boom..."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "...Around 9 PM Tuesday, the Pulaski
>> County Sheriff's Office received several calls of what
>> looked like balls of fire falling from the sky...."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "...According to affiliate KFSM, the
>> meteor was also sighted in Greenwood, Jonesboro, Jackson,
>> Miss., Biloxi, Miss., and the Florida Panhandle...."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Reports still coming in...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Eric Wichman
>>>>>> Meteorites USA
>>>>>> www.meteoritesusa.com
>>>>>>
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