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EVENTS & VENUES · LIGHTNING ALERTS FOR EVENTS AND VENUES

Enough warning to move a crowd calmly

Crowd egress is measured in tens of minutes. An alert that arrives when the storm does is not a warning, it is a scramble.

lightning accuracy
Up to 99.6%
lead time
Up to 60 min
forecast cell
1×1 km
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Lightning alert · move the crowd calmlyIllustrative example · not live weather

Skye · ask in plain language

Ask the question your crew actually asks.

Pick your industry. Skye, Flash Weather's AI weather agent, answers from the same 1×1 km forecast, refreshed as often as every two minutes, then acts in the tools you already run.

SKYE can connect to your CRM and ERP.

Your tools and data

Sites, limits, schedules

CRM · ERP · Procore · Slack

Prediction engine

15+ forecasts, 1×1 km

Lightning every 2 min, hail every 5

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Skye, the Flash Weather agent

Skye

Combines both, answers in plain language, proposes the action.

Answers

You and your crew

Ask in plain language

Get the answer in seconds

You decide

Your decision

  • Go / No-go
  • Reschedule
  • Alert the crew
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Questions crews ask

Illustrative example · not live weather

What the storm costs in events & venues

  1. Crowd egress time

    Crowd egress is measured in tens of minutes. Earlier alerts give you more time to communicate with staff, coordinate safety protocols, and move people to safety before weather turns.

  2. Liability for open-air events

    Crowd safety starts with knowing what is coming next. Flash monitors lightning and severe weather in real time so you can act before conditions become dangerous for crowds.

  3. Show cancellation costs

    Flash gives you the predictive data to delay, pause, or continue events with confidence. Anticipate weather changes before they impact operations and adjust your plan before disruptions hit.

In the field

What do the people running the sites say?

The people making the call are outside, with a sky like this over them.

  • Flash Weather quote card: Nick Williams, Big 12 Director of Competitions, beside the Big 12 Conference mark

    “Flash Weather AI has completely transformed how we’ve operated events this year, from the spot-on lightning prediction and return-to-play guidance, to pinpoint timing from the Flash forecasts while looking at incoming precipitation and severe weather. The stress of adjusting event schedules on the fly is now a thing of the past. There’s been simply no contest to Flash AI’s real-time insights since adding it to our event workflows.”

    Events & outdoor sportsNick WilliamsDirector of Competitions · Big 12 Conference
  • An empty baseball infield with the rain tarp rolled at the edge and the floodlights burning under heavy evening storm cloud

    “Flash Weather AI's real-time, highly accurate data and 'All Clear' feature have streamlined our operations, maximizing operating time and guest satisfaction.”

    Events & venuesChris WahleManager · The Edge Zipline, Castle Rock, Colorado

Who brings Flash into events & venues, and why

The titles that make the call, the problem they describe on the first conversation, and where they gather.

Who buys

  • Event owner
  • Operations lead at a venue, sports commission or CVB
  • Athletic Director of Facilities and Events
  • Commissioner
  • Director of Operations
  • District Athletic Director
  • Senior Associate Athletic Director

When they buy Fiscal years vary. Many universities and high-school districts start theirs on July 1.

The problem on the first call

  • Making fast, defensible lightning and heat go/no-go calls.
  • Restarting sooner than a fixed 30-minute wait, and alerting staff, officials and fans.
  • Downtime is expensive, especially when it is unnecessary.
  • Heat risk is rarely anticipated, so schedules stop when WBGT peaks, and it is hard to know ahead of time when it will peak and when it will wane.
  • Rain timelines change everything: a saturated field, a surface too slippery to play.

Customers we can name

Where these buyers gather

  • TEAMS Conference + Expo, for sports event owners, sports commissions, CVBs and venues

Questions event owners, venue operations leads and commissioners ask

Up to an hour for lightning, which is generally enough to move a full house under cover in an orderly way.

Flash is the official weather safety provider of the Big 12 Conference and the Official Weather Monitoring & Alert System of the NAIA.

Flash is designed for real-time decision-making during active operations. Whether it’s a game, job site, or event, you can monitor conditions, receive alerts, and make immediate calls on delays, pauses, or safety protocols.

Flash helps improve safety by giving you earlier visibility into dangerous conditions. Instead of reacting to weather after it arrives, you can anticipate risks like lightning and extreme heat and take action sooner to protect people, operations, and assets.

Yes. Flash allows you to create and monitor multiple locations, making it easy to track conditions across fields, job sites, facilities, or service areas from a single platform.

Flash provides real-time and predictive alerts, including lightning detection and proximity alerts, first strike and all-clear notifications, lightning probability forecasts (1-hour and 5-hour), and heat risk and environmental condition alerts. These alerts are designed to help you act before conditions become dangerous.

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Live demo · No sensors required for the forecast

See your own sites on the map before the next storm.

We'll load your locations, replay last season's strikes against Flash's predictions, and show you the alert log your safety officer would have received.

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