Thunderstorm Detectors & Warning Systems
Thunderstorms produce a range of serious hazards – lightning, flash flooding, hail and strong winds. A reliable thunderstorm detector gives you early warning before the first strike, allowing time to implement safety measures and protect people and assets.
Senseca UK’s BTD range of thunderstorm detectors and thunder detectors are used across aviation, construction, outdoor events, explosive environments and leisure facilities worldwide. Unlike traditional standalone lightning detectors – which suffered from high false alarm rates caused by local electrical interference – the BTD sensors use a unique quasi-electrostatic design that brings the false alarm rate to almost zero.
Critically, Senseca UK’s thunderstorm detectors can alert you when a storm is forming overhead, before any lightning has struck. No other standalone thunder detector or lightning network system offers this level of advance warning.
Our thunderstorm warning systems are available in short range (35km) and long range (83km) configurations, with options for automated SMS and email alerts.
Technology
The BTD-300 thunderstorm warning system (TWS) provides an exceptional ability to locate all types of lightning activity within 83 km (51 miles) in less than 2 seconds. Due to the unique quasi-electrostatic design the false alarm rate of the sensor is almost zero which eliminates the major failing of traditional standalone detectors. The BTD-300 uniquely provides alerts when a thunderstorm is forming overhead giving time for safety measures to be implemented.
The BTD-300 can be used in a wide range of applications but is particularly suited to airfield use through compliance with the design requirements laid down in US Federal Aviation Authority Advisory Circular 150-522.
