Current Lightning - Updated every 5 minutes

For a description of the symbols refer to the KEY

Lightning within the past hour:

Summary of lightning detected since midnight:
Lightning Summary

Current status of lightning strikes including current storms and their distance/severity:
Lightning Nowcast

This is for informational purposes only and not to be used for the protection of life, property, or in place of warnings. For current local watches and warnings for the Athens area please consult Charleston National Weather Service.

The running program is Lightning/2000 and it uses the Boltek lightning detector.

Scalia Laboratory's lightning detection equipment and software is currently being maintained by Christopher Redmond if you have any questions about the software, please email him.