Lightning/thunder

[john5396]

For the original question,

The NFHS has provided their guidelines in the Rules book, which as stated above is 30 minutes for lightning/thunder. The wording states this is a default policy, use this if your state doesn't provide further guidance.

So it is a state decision what the policy is for high school play if this or other guidelines are used. One county here in NC has given all AD's a lightning detector. If he reports to me that there is lightning too close, I will stop the game. I'll still stop the game on hearing or seeing thunder/lightning, NC policy is to use the 30 minutes.

[PAlbc]

Thanks for the responses. I was pretty sure that thunder was a criteria in some way, but didn't want to chime up to an official (kind of reverse of the big timing coach mentioned above) and be wrong about it.

[chapmaja]

Originally Posted by john5396

For the original question,

The NFHS has provided their guidelines in the Rules book, which as stated above is 30 minutes for lightning/thunder. The wording states this is a default policy, use this if your state doesn't provide further guidance.

So it is a state decision what the policy is for high school play if this or other guidelines are used. One county here in NC has given all AD's a lightning detector. If he reports to me that there is lightning too close, I will stop the game. I'll still stop the game on hearing or seeing thunder/lightning, NC policy is to use the 30 minutes.

Michigan is VERY CLEAR that we use the 30 minute policy.