Lightning AlertsAn alert distance you choose
Set an exact alert distance around your station and another around your current location.
Live lightning map · iOS and Android
Know when lightning nears your station.
Save your station as a place, choose its alert distance and hear an alert when strikes come inside it, even when you are away from the shack.
Your station. Your distance.
Lightning alert features for radio operators
Alerts you can hear
Alerts play a sound and say how many strikes, how close and how recent. You choose how often the sound repeats.
Distance and direction
Tap Find and choose your station to jump to the closest strike and see how far it is from the station and in which direction.
In the app
From an alert to the closest strike
Set alerts for your station, open the live map from an alert and see what struck.
Saved-place alerts
Monitor the places you care about.
Open from alerts
Nearby strike notifications open back to the live map.
See what struck
Type, polarity, strength, age, distance, and street context.
Lightning alerts for amateur radio operators
Watch your station from anywhere and know when lightning comes inside your chosen distance.
Can I get lightning alerts for my radio station when I am away?
Yes. Add your station as your saved place and turn on Alerts. The saved place keeps its own alert distance, and My Location has a separate one, so you hear about lightning near the antennas while you are at work or on the road.
How do I choose the alert distance around my antennas?
In the alert settings, pick your saved place and move the slider to the exact distance you want, in kilometers or miles. Many operators disconnect antennas when storms come near, and a larger distance alerts you earlier.
Will the alert make a sound, and how often?
Yes, nearby alerts play a sound. Under Repeat sound, choose Once per storm, a pause of 15 to 60 minutes while the storm goes on, or Frequent for a sound with each update. During quiet hours, alerts keep updating without sound. My Location and the saved place each sound on their own.
How far away is the closest strike to my station?
On the live map, tap Find and choose Closest to with the name of your saved place. The result shows the strike's distance and direction from your station, how long ago it struck and its strength when available.
Watch your station with Lightning Alerts
Nearby alerts, a live strike map and radar in one focused lightning app.
Backed by lightning data
Enterprise-grade lightning data places each detected strike on the map, so you see the storms around your station.
No account needed
Set your station and alert distance without creating an app account.
Free to use
The free version includes the live map, strike details, radar and alerts. Pro removes ads.