Requesting Lightning Verification
Information
On the Web: www.lightningstorm.com
(formerly Global Atmospherics Ltd., purchased by Vaisala, Inc.)
STRIKEnet (their description)
LightningStorm.com introduces STRIKEnet — fast, affordable online lightning verification reports. Run a STRIKEnet report any time of the day or night, any day of the week. STRIKEnet is always available online. Use STRIKEnet to:
* Verify if lightning was or was not present at a location on a specific date
* Search up to 14 consecutive days for lightning activity since January 1, 1998
* Find out how many strikes occurred in your selected 5- to 15-mile search radius
* Find out how powerful the strikes were that occurred in your search radius
These reports include actual cloud-to-ground lightning strike data, detected by the National Lightning Detection Network® (NLDN) for the date and location of your interest.
STRIKEnet report options include:
- Basic STRIKEnet Report: A summary of the number of lightning strikes detected in your search area for a time period up to 24 hours. Price: $95
- Additional 24-hour time periods, or portion thereof, up to 14 days: $25 per 24-hour time period.
- Optional Map: Get a map with lightning activity plotted within your search region. Price: $25
- Optional Confidence Ellipses: Add 99% confidence ellipses to your point plot map. These ellipses indicate a 99% certainty that the recorded lightning event contacted the ground within the bounds of the ellipse. Price: $25
- Optional Lightning Strike Details: Includes the date, time (to nearest second), latitude, longitude, peak current (kA), bearing and range from the search centerpoint for each detected strike. Price: $25
Phone: (800) 283-4557