HRSC website and weather hotline will be updated. If fields are closed for being unplayable, the HRSC determines that fields are unplayable/too wet while under a lightningĭelay, HRSC staff will notify referees and the HRSC Operations Manager willĪlert league/tournament staff. Second blasts for all clear, that play may resume. Latest Lightning Strikes on Google Maps Email Future Radar Storm Chasers Live Storm Reports Rainfall Totals Live Street-level Lightning Map When thunderstorms develop, remember to watch this page or our regional lightning maps to see live strikes near your area or anywhere around the nation. Until the strobe light stops blinking and the horn blasts (3) five The 10 mile perimeter, the countdown clock will reset to 30 minutes. (Each time the system detects a lightning strike within Strobe light will flash while the complex is under a lightning delay,Īnd a countdown to all-clear can also be found on our website At this time HRSC staff will use the link to monitorĪdmin: Monitor the countdown clock online to make any scheduling Grounded, they are only to be used if someone is caught in the storm and cannot Their cars, not huddling under the picnic shelters. Staff: Make sure that everyone is off the fields and are heading to
& Spectators: return to your vehicles while Referees: Stop play and tell coaches and players that HRSC is under a lightning delay for at least 30 minutes.Ĭoaches: Convey to parents that they must return to their vehicles with their players while HRSC is under a lightning delay. Every year, the Earth experiences an average of 25 million lightning strikes during some 100,000 thunderstorms. More about lightning At any point of time there are about 1800 thunderstorms. During this time the following parties should: Lightning Tracker This animated lightning map is updated every few minutes and reports strikes as they happen in the UK on a 3-hour cycle. Once any lightning strike is within the 10 mile perimeter, a 15 second siren will go off for everyone to clear the fields and seek shelter. This system will detect cloud-cloud and cloud-ground lightning strikes within 10 miles of the complex. The unit is located on top of the main office/concession stand building facing field #6. It also caused an early closure of the Washington State Fair in Puyallup.Overview: The Hampton Roads Soccer Complex has installed a state-of-the-art lightning detection system from Earth Networks. The storm also delayed the football game between University of Washington and UC Berkeley at Husky Stadium. Light travels at a constant 186,000 miles/second, which means that we see the flash immediately as it happens,” NASA said.Īt its peak, the lightning storm caused power outages to over 4,500 customers, according to Seattle City Light. “When lightning strikes, a bright flash of light is generated. Lightning and thunder happen at the same time but since light travels faster than sound, the flash of lightning is seen sooner than thunder is heard. The intense heat of the lightning generates a sound called thunder that is transmitted through the air at the speed of sound, it added. Lightning occurs when ice particles within a cloud interact with each other through collision, causing the particles to fracture and break apart, according to NASA. Of those, 200 were recorded in the Seattle metro area from 8 p.m. The 1,250 lightning strikes were between 6 p.m. About 1,250 lightning strikes were recorded in western Washington state during a storm that caused widespread power outages Saturday night, the National Weather Service said.Ī strong line of thunderstorms developed over western Washington, bringing frequent lightning, heavy rains, flooding and hail to the Puget Sound region, according to the National Weather Service’s office in Seattle.
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