Every year, more than a billion lightning strikes hit the planet. In Europe, Africa, South America, and the Middle East, industrial facilities, critical infrastructure, and equipment of all kinds are directly or indirectly affected by lightning. Yet, their managers often don't know if their site has been struck, when, or with what intensity.
Strike Radar is the professional service from LPS France that transforms this uncertainty into certified and actionable data — without any equipment to install on site, anywhere in the world.
Discover how Strike Radar is revolutionizing lightning risk management for lightning protection professionals.
How does Strike Radar work?
Strike Radar is a lightning strike recording and certification service. It relies on the global GLD360+ sensor network, which uses VLF/LF detection technology to capture the electromagnetic signature of each lightning strike.
Multi-sensor triangulation ensures rigorous cross-validation of each impact. The resulting data comply with IEC 62793:2020 and can be used for risk assessment according to IEC 62305-2:2024.
For each detected impact, Strike Radar provides:
- The precise GPS coordinates of the impact
- The exact date and time (certified timestamp)
- Current intensity in kiloamperes (kA)
- Polarity (positive or negative)
- The estimated distance from the monitored site
- The number of sensors that have validated the impact
Three professional deliverables — the keraunic report, the certificate and the Nsg
The Keraunic Report
The keraunic report is a comprehensive statistical analysis of lightning activity within a 2 km radius of the site, over a defined period. It centralizes all measured data: chronological history of strikes, peak intensity (kA), frequency, spatial distribution, and exact distances.
This is not a national estimate—these are statistics based on actual recorded impacts. It is a key tool for:
- To establish a lightning risk study based on real data
- Justify an increase in the level of lightning protection (LPL)
- Prepare a preventive maintenance plan for the end customer
- Documenting a technical expert report submitted to the insurer
The lightning strike certificate
When a lightning strike is detected near a site, Strike Radar generates a certificate. This document officially confirms the strike, including the date, time, intensity, and polarity. It is corroborated by multiple sensors and constitutes certified evidence, usable in various contexts:
- Claim filed with an insurer
- Justification for post-impact maintenance intervention
- Regulatory traceability for establishments subject to audit (ICPE, ERP, IGH)
- Documentation of a technical expert report
The Nsg — local density of ground impacts
The international standard IEC 62305-2:2024 defines the method for assessing lightning risk. It is based on several parameters, including the local density Nsg — number of ground strikes per km² per year, on a 10 × 10 km grid.
In many risk studies, this parameter is estimated from generic regional tables (Ng). Strike Radar goes further: by providing Ng data from real measurements over a minimum of 3 months of history, it makes it possible to calculate an Nsg anchored in the physical reality of the site — much more accurate than national averages.
Important note on terminology: Within the framework of FD C 17-108, the regulatory parameter used is Ng (ground lightning density). Nsg is a measured value, obtained from Strike Radar, which is retrieved via your LPS Manager account—Strike Radar is the source, not LPS Manager directly. LPS Manager is the tool that configures your accounts and allows you to access them.
Strike Radar and the logic of normative maintenance
The standards NF C 17-102:2011 (§ 8) and IEC 62305-3 (§ 7) impose not only periodic inspections, but also exceptional triggered after each lightning strike observed or detected on the installation — mandatory for LPL levels I and II.
Strike Radar removes the two obstacles that previously prevented this logic from working:
- Without Strike Radar: it is impossible to know if a facility has been struck by lightning without physical equipment on site, nor to detect induced impacts within a 300m radius
- With Strike Radar: by consulting the impact history, the professional knows exactly if an exceptional inspection is required — with certified date, time and intensity.
An installer working at a customer's premises equipped with a Paraton@ir or Ellips can therefore:
- Check in Strike Radar if an impact has occurred within a 300m radius
- Trigger a priority inspection of down conductors and grounding rods
- Download the lightning strike certificate to create your traceability file
- Justify the maintenance intervention to the site manager with dated and certified proof
A service without installation — immediate access, anywhere in the world
One of Strike Radar's major advantages is its ease of implementation. No hardware needs to be installed on-site. The service is entirely cloud-based, continuously powered by the GLD360+ network.
Setup is immediate. Simply define the site(s) to monitor (GPS coordinates or address), set the desired monitoring radius (up to 100 km), and access the data via the online interface. PDF reports can be downloaded directly from the platform.
Strike Radar can be used for a single site as well as for an international multi-site park — without geographical constraints.
Strike Radar in the LPS France ecosystem
Strike Radar is part of a complete lightning protection and monitoring system offered by LPS France :
- Physical protection : Paraton@ir and Ellips (PDAs compliant with NF C 17-102 / IEC 62305)
- Ground detection : Contact@ir System — impact detection directly on the lightning rod head
- Certified cloud data : Strike Radar — GLD360+ impact history, keraunic reports, lightning strike certificates, Nsg data
- Case management and tracking : LPS Manager — SaaS software to configure your site files, schedule VGPs, and access Strike Radar reports and NSG data via your file
evidence post-impact (what happened, certified data). Sky Sentinel alerts pre-impact (an approaching storm cell). Contact@ir detects the impact directly on-site. Together, they constitute an unprecedented level of traceability and control for lightning protection professionals.
Conclusion
Strike Radar addresses a long-ignored need in lightning risk management: access to objective, dated and certified evidence of lightning events.
By combining the power of the GLD360+ network, IEC 62305-2:2024 compliance and the simplicity of a cloud service without installation, Strike Radar allows professionals to turn every storm event into an informed decision — and a documented argument.
Whether it is to justify a maintenance intervention, to compile an insurance file or to refine a risk study, lightning data has never been so accessible and usable.
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