Thanks to the FishHawk Youth Sports Association, the FishHawk Sports Complex uses the ThorGuard Lightning System, an Advanced Warning System, to monitor and detect lightning throughout the entire FishHawk Sports Complex. All Players and Parents are to understand how the ThorGuard Lightning system works and follow the rules and regulations that the system has put forth.
Click the ThorGuard link below to check the status of the radar and lightning system at the FishHawk Sports Complex in real time.
THORGUARD RADAR STATUS
This system is installed on top of our maintenance shed located between our main soccer fields and the baseball fields. This system will detect lightning within a few miles of the complex. There are three stages to this system: Green - All Clear, Yellow - Caution and Red - immediate danger. When the system gets to red, there will be a loud horn sound to alert everyone of the immediate danger. However, our guidelines and instructions from the county have told us that we are to monitor the system online and when it gets to yellow, clear the fields.
- The system will alert all participants in the park when conditions become hazardous and lightning is detected within a 2-mile radius of the park.
- When lightning is detected, a 15 second Warning Horn will Sound and the Strobe lights will flash (located on top of the Maintenance Building).
- All players and visitors in the park, must take shelter in their cars.
DO NOT wait under trees, picnic canopies, or concession building overhangs. Board rooms will be closed.
- When it is safe to return to the fields, a 3-5 second horn will sound and the strobe light will turn OFF.
It is important that everyone have this app installed on their smartphones. It will be a useful tool when you are not sure what the weather looks like around our complex. Also, the system has a radar button, so you can see all the weather around us.
1. During Red Alerts we ask that ALL PLAYERS remain in their parent's vehicle until further notice.
2. During Red Alerts we ask that PARENTS ARE PRESENT with their vehicles in the Sports Complex to provide a safe place for their child to wait during weather delays. Waiting under the picnic overhang or outside will not reduce the chances of getting hit by lightning. All players are asked to be in the safest possible place at this time which is a car.
3. Players are asked to wait in their vehicles until 1 of 2 notifications:
- The Sounding of the Thor Guard Siren indicating it is safe to be outside. The Light will turn off as well.
- A text message from the team manager communicating the cancelling of practice.
Background: A THOR GUARD Lightning Prediction System looks at the electrostatic "charge" of the atmosphere to determine when conditions are favorable for lightning to occur. In order to have a lightning strike in your area, there must be a "build-up" of the electrostatic field. A THOR GUARD Lightning Prediction System has the following basic components:
Typical readings on a THOR GUARD System during the development and/or approach of a storm are:
LHL= 6 - 9
DI= 1.6 - 4.0 (If a DI of 3 occurs, then the system will go to Red Alert)
AD= 10
FCC = 10 - 50