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Flash vs Baron: lightning alerts compared
Baron is a broadcast and public-safety weather company: Lynx for TV, Threat Net for alerts on detected strikes. How Threat Net’s lightning alerts compare with a per-cell forecast.
Flash Meteorology Desk · · 6 min read
Lightning clearance, WBGT heat planning, hail readiness and accuracy, written for the person who has to make the call.
Read the blogWhether prediction is real, whether you still need sensors, WBGT forecasts, alert policies and the audit file.
Read the FAQThe WBGT thresholds, practice limits and paperwork each state association sets, for Georgia, Texas, Florida, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia.
See the state guidesEstimate WBGT from temperature, humidity, wind and sun, and turn a flash-to-thunder count into a distance.
Use the free toolsWhat NFHS, NCAA, NATA, the NWS and state associations require when lightning threatens play, from their current documents.
See the lightning policiesWBGT, flash-to-bang, NLDN, MESH, false-alarm ratio and the other terms in safety policies and vendor proposals, defined.
Read the glossaryPerry Weather, DTN, AEM Sferic, Thor Guard, Baron and WeatherSTEM beside Flash, from each vendor’s own pages.
Compare vendorsCoverage of Flash and the organizations that run on it.
See press & partnersVideos from the Flash Weather channel, for when you would rather watch than read.
Watch on YouTube (opens in a new tab)Lightning prediction for your exact location on your phone, with an alert before the first strike and another when it is safe again.
Download the free app (opens in a new tab)Vendor comparisonsFlash Meteorology Desk · · 6 min read
Vendor comparisonsFlash Meteorology Desk · · 6 min read
Lightning decisionsFlash Meteorology Desk · · 7 min read
Vendor comparisonsFlash Meteorology Desk · · 7 min read
Vendor comparisonsFlash Meteorology Desk · · 6 min read
Vendor comparisonsFlash Meteorology Desk · · 7 min read
Vendor comparisonsFlash Meteorology Desk · · 7 min read
Lightning decisionsFlash Meteorology Desk · · 6 min read
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Heat & WBGT planningJason Deese · · 6 min read
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Lightning StrikesMadison Deese · · 2 min read
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Agentic weatherFlash Meteorology Desk · · 6 min read
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Lightning StrikesMadison Deese · · 3 min read
Lightning decisionsJason Deese · · 8 min read
Accuracy & methodsFlash Meteorology Desk · · 7 min read
Heat & WBGT planningFlash Meteorology Desk · · 5 min read
Lightning StrikesDave Downey · · 4 min read
Hail & propertyFlash Meteorology Desk · · 6 min read
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