# Lightning Map Real Time

## What this page is about
Use Lightning Alerts as a real-time lightning map for detected strikes, recent activity, and nearby alerts while conditions change.

## Best for
See sensor-detected lightning activity and strike age on a mobile map while storms are changing nearby.

## Key features
- Recent detected strikes: Track sensor-detected strike activity as provider data reaches the app.
- Storm context: Use strike age and nearby activity to understand recent storm movement.
- Nearby alerts: Get notified when detected lightning activity moves near places you care about.

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## Quick answers
- Is Lightning Alerts a real-time lightning map?: Lightning Alerts shows sensor-detected lightning activity and strike age on a mobile map as provider data becomes available. Network, provider, and device conditions can affect timing and availability.
- Does real-time mean every strike appears instantly?: No. Lightning Alerts does not guarantee every strike, instant delivery, or complete coverage. It is an awareness tool only and should be used with official forecasts, warnings, venue rules, and emergency guidance.
- Can the map predict lightning before it happens?: No. Lightning Alerts is not a prediction, emergency warning, or life-safety system. It shows detected lightning activity and nearby context so you can compare that awareness with official guidance.

## Important safety note
Lightning Alerts is an awareness tool only. Use it alongside official forecasts, warnings, venue rules, and emergency guidance. Recent detected activity. Not a prediction. Follow official weather guidance.

## Related links
- [Product overview](https://lightningalerts.live/)
- [How Lightning Alerts works](https://lightningalerts.live/how-it-works)
- [Safety disclaimer](https://lightningalerts.live/disclaimer)
- [Privacy, ads, and analytics](https://lightningalerts.live/privacy#ads)
- [App Store listing](https://apps.apple.com/app/lightning-alerts/id6755661220)
- [Google Play listing](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=live.lightningalerts)