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What’s Going On? Reports of Loud Explosion in Mission, Texas are Being Investigated by Multiple Agencies After a Meteor was Spotted in the Area
Hidalgo County Sheriff Eddie Guerra was alerted by federal colleagues that Houston Air Traffic Control received reports from two aircraft claiming they witnessed a meteor west of McAllen.
“Was informed by my Federal partners that Houston Air Traffic Control received reports from two aircrafts that they saw a meteorite west of McAllen,” Sheriff Guerra said.
“Where the exact point of impact is unknown. No reports of any damage in that area has been received,” he continued.
Jonathan Flores, chief of police in Alton, told ValleyCentral that they heard the explosion, but the origin of the explosion is yet unknown. They mentioned that they received several phone calls.
“I do know that it was widespread. There are multiple cities receiving the same call,” Flores said.
According to Mission Police Chief Cesar Torres, they have now received hundreds of calls from concerned individuals who “heard the earth shake.”
“I was notified by federal authorities as well with same information. The Mission Police Department received over 100 calls regarding a loud explosion and as a result, many homes shook in a violent manner. The scene has not been located but the most important thing is that there are no reports of any injuries,” he said.
According to a Facebook user, they heard a loud boom, like a gas explosion this afternoon.
“So, we had a loud boom, like a gas explosion this afternoon. The ground shook so did the windows and house too. There saying a meteor hit in Mission Texas. It was loud, I went out expecting to see fireball somewhere in on the horizon.”
Another user claimed the lights went out in Mission, Texas.
US National Weather Service Brownsville/Rio Grande Valley Texas issued a statement saying their radar picked up some sort of flash at 5:23 PM Wednesday.
According to a Facebook user, they heard a loud boom, like a gas explosion this afternoon.
“So, we had a loud boom, like a gas explosion this afternoon. The ground shook so did the windows and house too. There saying a meteor hit in Mission Texas. It was loud, I went out expecting to see fireball somewhere in on the horizon.”
Another user claimed the lights went out in Mission, Texas.
US National Weather Service Brownsville/Rio Grande Valley Texas issued a statement saying their radar picked up some sort of flash at 5:23 PM Wednesday.
We have received reports of a possible meteor/fireball in the sky earlier this evening west of McAllen. One of the tools we use at the NWS is called the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM). The GLM sensor is located on NOAA's GOES-East and GOES-West satellites. GLM measures total lightning as observed from space. The GLM measures emitted light and other optical properties. There was no ongoing thunderstorm activity in the Valley but the GLM still detected a signal at around 523 PM CST Feb 15 per the images below. The product below is called Flash Extent Density and is one of the more common GLM products.
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