[SADXA] Tucson NWS Lightning Forcast -- Sat Jan. 14th, 11am to 10pm

[Ron Jones]

Last year as I went out to disconnect my antennas, a strike hit the ground
next door. As saw the flash and hear a kind of crackling sound and
immediately a very loud boom. I went back inside the house and just left the
antennas connected. I can always replace radios and computers but.....
K7RJ

-----Original Message-----
From: SADXA [mailto:sadxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jerry
Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2017 6:33 AM
To: Southern AZ DX Association E-Mail Reflector
Subject: Re: [SADXA] Tucson NWS Lightning Forcast -- Sat Jan. 14th, 11am to
10pm

Through the years I have had to go out and disconnect antennas when a storm
approached and I actually took a shock in the process with having
disconnected  the antenna but still holding it in my hand when a strike,
perhaps three miles away, occurred.

That always goes  through my mind when messing with the antennas.

W6XI


On 1/14/2017 9:47 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
> I was on my computer thinking of getting back to the rig when I heard 
> the first "bolt out of the blue (grey)".
>
> I ran outside to disconnect the coax cables and heard another (close) 
> one and was immediately drenched before I got back under shelter.
>
>  On 1/14/2017 9:16 PM, W7EXG (Bill) wrote:
>> Using Lightning Maps, I detected 9 strikes in about an hour ending 
>> 0330Z in the Tucson Area on 1/14/17.
>>
>> My AcuRite Lighting detector detected most of these strikes.
>>
>> One strike detected by Acurite was about 6 Mi NW of Oracle Junction, 
>> about
>> 30 mi from my QTH. I did not hear Thunder for most of the strikes 
>> detected with the MAP or my detector.
>>
>> Was interesting to hear/see the Acurite Detection alert, then see the 
>> location of the lightning strike on the Lightning map a few seconds 
>> later.
>>
>> I commend Tucson's NWS for correctly forecasting a "Slight Chance" of 
>> Lightning for today. This was a nice warning -- issued yesterday.
>> Apparently
>> "Slight Chance" should not be ignored.
>>
>> Lightning In January.. How About THAT! Guess lightning is possible 
>> for any month of the year in Tucson.
>>
>> 73s,
>>
>> Bill W7EXG
>>
>
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