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

From: R. Chastain <suenrod_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:43:30 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <344506.75116.qm_at_web45109.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

Thanks for the info.
I will check out the NOAA site.

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: "R. Chastain" <suenrod at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "Meteorite-list List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2011, 4:36 PM
> 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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