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What are the official limits for lightning strikes?
Posted on 8/8/14 at 6:30 am
Posted on 8/8/14 at 6:30 am
Lightning got a little to close for my comfort last night at my daughters soccer practice. A warning horn went off at around ten miles away. Our coach said the first horn is a warning but the second horn will sound when you must evacuate. The storm got awfully close before practice ended. There were soccer practices and softball games going on as we left the facility and skies were black. Do you know of any official standards on how close lightening can get before issuing a warning? In the USAF it seems like I remember it being 7 miles...
This post was edited on 8/8/14 at 6:33 am
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Posted on 8/8/14 at 6:31 am to rebeloke
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Lightening
Posted on 8/8/14 at 6:33 am to rebeloke
Bring a tape measure next time
Posted on 8/8/14 at 6:38 am to rebeloke
They say if you can hear the thunder, you are close enough to be struck.
Posted on 8/8/14 at 6:44 am to rebeloke
We always shut down games at first strike. If you see lightning, time to move indoors.
Posted on 8/8/14 at 7:15 am to rebeloke
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official standards on how close lightening can get
I've been told 8 miles, but I guess it depends on what specifically you're shutting down for.
Posted on 8/8/14 at 7:15 am to rebeloke
out here at work, it is 6 miles
Posted on 8/8/14 at 7:17 am to rebeloke
I think it was 7 miles at the baseball complex I worked at in Hs. We had some badass lightning distance detector.
Posted on 8/8/14 at 7:19 am to rebeloke
Mariner's are taught the 30/30 Rule: If you see lightening and you cannot count to 30 before you hear thunder, then seek shelter and remain indoors for 30 minutes after the last sound of thunder. 
Posted on 8/8/14 at 9:10 am to rebeloke
Mammoth Mountain resort shuts down their gondolas if lightning is within 6 miles.
This post was edited on 8/8/14 at 10:48 am
Posted on 8/8/14 at 11:04 am to rebeloke
National Weather Service
As a football official, we are taught to suspend the game for 30 minutes any time complete ground to air lightning is observed.
As a football official, we are taught to suspend the game for 30 minutes any time complete ground to air lightning is observed.
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