Question: Does an automated surface observation system (ASOS) have a built-in lightning detection system? Without an observer, how does it know to add a thunderstorm (TS), thunderstorms in the ...

Lightning strikes are always a serious threat, no matter what season it is. For the last year, lightning strikes in the U.S.

Lightning is one of nature’s most intense and unpredictable forces, but thankfully, we have got technology to help us stay ahead of the storm. Lightning detectors are designed to pick up the ...

AEM, a private company that operates one of the world’s largest lightning detection systems, named Oklahoma the new lightning ...

NASA, the U.S. Office of Naval Research today said they are using a new and growing set of networked sensors on land, sea and in space that use lightning strikes to help forecasters predict just how ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — "The story of lightning detection really starts in Arizona, starting the 1970s," said Ryan Said, the Senior Scientist at Vaisala in Louisville, Colo. Vaisala is a global leader ...

After lightning struck and killed one man and injured 14 others at an archery range in New Jersey, many are thankful to be alive, but the victims say there was no warning. Many are wondering if they ...

Florida has long been regarded as the lightning capital of the United States — but it may have competition. A new report by ...

Lightning activity poses a significant danger throughout the year, regardless of the season. Over the past 12 months, the ...

The United States has a new lightning champion. Oklahoma has dethroned Florida to become the nation's lightning capital, ...

The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice. Florida would beg to disagree.The state is the lightning capital of the United States as measured in deaths by lightning, with four ...