Lightning guidelines

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Originally Posted by HugoTafurst

I've been looking for an Android App that could show a map with my location and lightning strikes for a couple of years...
Just the other day (at a tornament) the UIC's wife turned me on to "Spark" which comes with the app "Weatherbug"
It updates every minute and tells you where the nearest lightning is and also has a little map feature.
I can't vouch for it's accuracy, but am trying to read up on it.

Weatherbug itself does a pretty nice job of showing stom movement.

'96 Men's A Industrial, late morning the UIC & Umpire Coodinator come to the fields and instruct us to stop the game and get everyone off the field and tell them to find cover. Everyone, umpires, players & fans, was confused as to what was going on. Sun was out and hot, no sign of anything threatening. We got to the umpire area, laughing and joking around, but still confused. Less than five minutes later, a nasty thunderstorm blew through with some rain, some lightning and, obviously, thunder. About 10 minutes or so later, the told the umpires to return to the fields and get em going again in about 5 minutes. Actually took closer to 10-15 by the time the teams got back from the parking lot.

The point is they did not hesitate once they knew the storm had cleared. The Tampa-Lakeland area is constantly dealing with this type of weather and they are the professionals when it comes to dealing with it. The whole area lightning-centric and I wouldn't hesitate for a second in trusting their judgment. .