Real-time Lightning Detection
and Warning System
Get reliable lightning detection with instant alerts sent to your phone and outdoor warning system within 15 seconds, ensuring your organization stays compliant with weather policies and keeps your people safe from severe weather.
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Accurate Lightning Detection
Automated WBGT Warnings
Accurate Lightning Detection
Trusted by thousands of organizations
Tailored Alerts: Stay Informed,
Proactive, and Safe
CUSTOMIZABLE ALERTS
Tailor alerts to your lightning safety policy
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Set up alerts to receive immediate notifications and text messages with automated instructions when lightning is detected
Enable ‘Quiet Mode’ for notifications to ensure peace during weekends and off-hours when activities are not in session
Configure specific user groups and warning settings that fit your organizational needs
CUSTOMIZABLE ALERTS
Know exactly when it’s safe to resume with lightning countdown timers
Helpful, in-app countdown timers based on your organization’s safety policies
After a lightning strike is detected, initiate a countdown until given the all-clear and resuming outdoor activities
The timer resets with each subsequent strike, ensuring adherence to safety protocols before resuming activities
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Integrated
outdoor warning
system
Personalized PA Warnings
Get custom PA alerts and alarms with our solar-powered, cellular-connected lightning warning system. It works even during power outages, ensuring continuous safety without needing a direct power source.
Strobe lights and audible sirens
Strobe lights, loud alarms, and text-to-speech make sure you won’t miss lightning alerts, keeping places like sports fields and parks safer during storms.
Affordable with no upfront costs
No large upfront costs – simply bundle the outdoor warning hardware with your Perry Weather subscription.
Frequently
Asked Questions
Find answers to the most common questions we get from prospective customers about lightning detection, or connect with our team to learn more.
Perry Weather detects all lightning strikes within your area down to 100 meters of accuracy, using the National Lightning Detection Network, the same system used by the U.S. government and military.
No more scrambling to figure out what to do when lightning strikes. Our system gives you an accurate weather forecast, sends alerts based on your policies, and triggers an outdoor warning system to alert everyone else, ensuring a coordinated, swift response to keep everyone safe.
Learn more about lightning detection and how Perry Weather’s advanced lightning detection system works.
Perry Weather’s system allows you to set up fully customizable alerts to receive immediate mobile notifications and text messages with automated instructions when lightning is detected.
Our outdoor warning systems also include fully customizable alerts. Choose how long and how often the sirens sound when lightning is detected, and when the all clear is ready.
Our web and mobile app dashboard includes customizable lightning countdown timers, based on your organization’s policies, that initiate after a lightning strike is detected, until you’re given the all-clear to resume outdoor activities.
Perry Weather detects all lightning strikes within your area down to 100 meters of accuracy, using the National Lightning Detection Network, the same system used by the U.S. government and military.
No more scrambling to figure out what to do when lightning strikes. Our system gives you an accurate weather forecast, sends alerts based on your policies, and triggers an outdoor warning system to alert everyone else, ensuring a coordinated, swift response to keep everyone safe.
Learn more about lightning detection and how Perry Weather’s advanced lightning detection system works.
You can fully customize both the number of times the sirens go off automatically when a lightning strike hits, and the duration of the sound.
The same can be done for the all-clear notification when the lightning is gone.
Additionally, sirens can be operated manually right from your phone. Our sirens also have text-to-speech ability, so you can type a public announcement message on your phone to be broadcast over the siren.
Our team will help you every step of the way. Our expert consultations ensure that you’re not just getting a generic policy, but one that’s tailor-made to fit your unique needs.
These consultations, backed by our team of meteorologists, guarantee a policy that’s both comprehensive and actionable.
Our accurate daily forecasts show you potential weather for the day and week ahead.
High chance of a lightning delay between 5-6 PM? Our dashboard will show you the level of risk for lightning strikes at any point that day to help you stay well-prepared.
Lightning Detection
& Warning Resources
How do lightning detection systems work? All you need to know
Lightning strikes the U.S. about 25 million times a year, kills 20 or more people each year in the U.S. on average, and injures hundreds more. This is on top of the alarmingly high costs from lightning damage related to medical expenses and property damage.