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

Wed Jan 12 16:52:05 EST 2011

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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