[Elecraft] The strike(s) that killed the K4WTF hamshack...
Larry Cahoon
[email protected]
Wed May 21 16:42:00 2003
John,
Is this kind of data available to the general public on a regular
basis? It sure would be interesting to plot the points after a
storm. I've been looking for a site that gives some kind of current info
on nearby strikes. So far all I have found is one that give me the entire US.
Tnx and 73 de Larry..........WD3P
http://www.wd3p.net/
At 12:41 AM 5/21/2003 -0400, [email protected] wrote:
>Well folks, I've gotten a bit more information on the strike(s) that took
>out my hamshack.
>
>The strike positions are provided by STRIKEnet with data gathered from the
>National Lightning Detection Network. The NLDN typically produces
>lightning strikes locations that are on average with 500 meters of the
>actual physical strike location. This accuracy can vary slightly as you
>approach the fringe of the network (i.e. near the coastlines). The times
>of these two strikes are definately when I noted the two most disturbing
>strikes. (flash and boom at the same instant - sounded like someone had
>fired a shotgun right next to my ears while flashing a photo strobe in my
>eyes at the same time.)
>
>Date/Time: 05/15/2003 18:07:13.840 EDT
>Latitude: 40.043
>Longitude: -82.827
>Ka: -12.4
>Bearing: 81.3
>Range(miles): 0.1
>
>Date/Time: 05/15/2003 18:19:47.125 EDT
>Latitude: 40.044
>Longitude: -82.826
>Ka: -5.7
>Bearing: 47.3
>Range(miles): 0.1
>
>
>They are plotted here:
>
>http://www.vicinity.com/gif?&CT=40.04250:-82.82967:8000:&IC=40.04300:-82.82700:100:Hit-1&IC=40.04300:-82.82600:100:Hit-2&IC=40.04250:-82.82967:100:K4WTF&FAM=myblast&W=600&H=350
>
>
>
>73, John - K4WTF
>
>
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