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

From: Meteorites USA <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:37:58 -0800
Message-ID: <4D2E3B56.3070002_at_meteoritesusa.com>

Sucks that the radar is unreadable. Maybe someone will step up and say
their car was smashed by a North American Lunar meteorite. Could you
imagine? We can hope... ;)

Just a heads up for those still holding out hope, more Fireball reports
have been made on AMS:
http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball2/public.php?start_date=2011-01-01&end_date=2011-12-31

Articles about the fireball:
http://news.google.com/news/more?q=fireball&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rlz=1R1GGLL_en___US360&um=1&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&ncl=dw2iJm6DIXQC3OMzlaYaeruc0jPmM&ei=KzIuTYzGM5S6sQOGoMnqBg&sa=X&oi=news_result&ct=more-results&resnum=7&ved=0CFkQqgIwBg

Perhaps someone will come forward with some better quality video footage
other than bright flashes.

Regards,
Eric

On 1/12/2011 1:52 PM, Marc Fries wrote:
> Here's the NOAA site with all the data:
>
> http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/nexradinv/
>
>
> And here's NOAA's free radar image viewing software:
>
> http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/wct/
>
> There's a FAQ and instructions and what-not in there as well. It's worth the read - there is a fairly extensive learning curve to working with radar data.
>
> Cheers,
> Marc Fries
>
>
>
> On Jan 12, 2011, at 1:43 PM, R. Chastain wrote:
>
>
>> 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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