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Assessment
  A Distant Strong Thunderstorm
Strike Age Color Key
Lightning Map
Storm Strength Color Key
Thundershowers Thunderstorms Strong Thunderstorms
Storm Cell Analysis
No Storms Detected Within 250 Miles.
Lightning Rates
Flash Rate:
4 /minute
Stroke Rate:
7 /minute
Noise Rate:
2 /minute
Flashes in the last 60 minutes Strokes in the last 60 minutes Current Information
Total Flashes 494 Total Strokes 571 Current Storms 2
+ Cloud to Ground Flashes 58 + Cloud to Ground Strokes 61 Number of Red Alerts 0
- Cloud to Ground Flashes 341 - Cloud to Ground Strokes 414 Number of Yellow Alerts 0
+ Inter/Intra Cloud Flashes 61 + Inter/Intra Cloud Strokes 62 Flash Rate Trend -50 %
- Inter/Intra Cloud Flashes 34 - Inter/Intra Cloud Strokes 34 Stroke Rate Trend -18.2 %
Strong Flashes 0 Ratio of Strokes per Flash 1.75 Detection Rate Trend -18.2 %
Daily Counts
All Flashes 2478 All Strokes 3013 Peak Flash Rate 26 /min @ 02:58:57
+ Cloud to Ground Flashes 146 + Cloud to Ground Strokes 155 Peak Strong Flash Rate 0 /min @ N/A
- Cloud to Ground Flashes 1932 - Cloud to Ground Strokes 2425 Peak Stroke Rate 34 /min @ 02:27:35
+ Inter/Intra Cloud Flashes 256 + Inter/Intra Cloud Strokes 282 Peak Noise Rate 8 /min @ 02:34:25
- Inter/Intra Cloud Flashes 144 - Inter/Intra Cloud Strokes 150    
All Time Records
Record Flash Count 680 /minute @ 20:03:38  on Sunday, August 06, 2017
Record Stroke Count 4224 /minute @ 18:08:55  on Friday, April 24, 2015
Record Noise Count 5812 /minute @ 09:28:47  on Thursday, January 25, 2018
Graph of Activity (if there is current actvity)
South Central U.S. Lightning Forecast