LightningTrax™ Reports

LightningTrax is an objective lightning verification report which confirms the presence or absence of lightning strikes at a given address on a specific date(s). LightningTrax reports are ordered and received via the Internet and can be utilized on an as-needed basis.

Every LightningTrax report includes a search of the ENTLN™ (Earth Network Total Lightning Network) archive, a detailed color street-level map, a user-defined search period of 1 to 72 hours, a search radius as small as 1 mile or up to 15 mile radius, a print out of each lightning stroke detected, including: date, time, latitude, longitude, polarity, amplitude and range bearing (from the search location to each lightning stroke). LightningTrax reports are available for any date(s) from May 15, 2009 forward.

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LightningTrax Product Summary

• Address-specific (street address or latitude/longitude) search of Earth Network Total Lightning Network (ENTLN) lightning data
• Search up to 72 hours for basic $95 LightningTrax Report
• Choose precise 1, 5, 10 or 15 mile search radius
• Color map displays street-level location and detected lightning strokes
• Print-out of lightning stroke data with option for closest/furthest or time sequence search
• Ordered online and appears on the screen within minutes of search request
• View all LightningTrax reports stored on your Weather Forensics account for 365 days
• Re-order/Redo past reports to change date of search available for $25 per 24 hour
• Free option to email copy of LightningTrax to user's email address
• Free option to include ascii output of stroke data (in .csv format)
• Obtain a LightningTrax for any 72 hr user-defined search back to May 15, 2009
• Lightning data search of any address or latitude/longitude location within the continental US, Hawaii, Alaska or Puerto Rico

LightningTrax reports are derived from the archives of the Earth Network Total Lightning Network (ENTLN™). The ENTLN is the most advanced technology lightning detection system in the world. The network has over 300 sensors in the continental US, almost three times as many sensors as our nearest competitor. Independent third party testing at the University of Oklahoma confirms that while all lightning networks vary in performance for any given event, over a broad sample of case studies, in different geographies and over a large time period, the ENTLN shows the greatest detection efficiency and stroke location accuracy. Click here for more information on ENTLN

LightningTrax Application

LightningTrax reports confirm the presence or absence of (cloud-to-ground) lightning strikes at a particular address (or intersection) within the within the Continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Claims adjusters, forensic engineers, fire investigation (cause & origin) experts, self-insured property owners and attorneys are the most common customer of LightningTrax reports. The largest application is claim verification by the property/casualty insurance industry.

Each year, hundreds of thousands of insurance claims are submitted by residential and commercial property owners, yet only 1 in 3 lightning claims has lightning present on the date of loss. Independent verification of lightning strikes can assist in the validation and expedient handling of these claims.