I've been at tournaments where I was specifically instructed on the procedure for weather delays, etc., (including lightning) that it was the UIC or TD who would make the call for all fields in the complex. I would guess you had umpires either who were inclined to play through it or who were following orders.
Fortunatly (for me), I've never had a lightning threat appear in a tournament where I was instructed to defer to the UIC.
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Tom
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