lightning

[thumpferee]

Is there a time limit on how long you must wait before calling a game due to lightning?

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by thumpferee

Is there a time limit on how long you must wait before calling a game due to lightning?

Not in the rule book.

In pro ball you have to wait at least 30 minutes. (PBUC & MLBUM)

Anyone else may have their own rule. You'll need to check with the league.

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by thumpferee

Is there a time limit on how long you must wait before calling a game due to lightning?

MLB, MiLB and FED among others use the 30/30 rule:

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/li...ing_safety.htm

[ajjl22]

for the IL high school association you have to wait 30 min from the last time you see lightning or hear thunder. That is the standard used for travel games as well.

[thumpferee]

What I am asking for is how long you must wait before calling the game. I understand it is 30 minutes from last flash to bang, etc...

Do you wait an hour before calling the game, two hours....?

[DG]

Originally Posted by thumpferee

What I am asking for is how long you must wait before calling the game. I understand it is 30 minutes from last flash to bang, etc...

Do you wait an hour before calling the game, two hours....?

How long to wait would depend on the situation. If it were a mid-season HS game you might call it after an hour after conferring with the coaches and they seem agreeable, and of course the score and inning and suspended game rules could matter to them. If it's a college world series game you might wait 3.5 hours and then call it after conferring with tournament officials (UNC-LSU game called after a long delay for rain, but was stopped for lightning).

I worked a state senior league tournament game one year where we changed fields from one that was was unplayable after a big rain, to one 10 miles away that was untouched by rain. Game lasted 5.5 hours counting the delay and the move to another field.

[thumpferee]

Thanks DG, that's more of what I was looking for.

So I assume there is no rule on how long you wait?