Case Study: Elkhart County 4-H Fair achieves timely lightning warnings and safe evacuation of 6,000 attendees with AccuWeather For Business

Outdoor events, large and small, benefit from AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions’ SkyGuard®

Elkhart County 4-H Fair faced a sudden lightning threat during a packed tractor-pull event with roughly 6,000 patrons and no governmental warnings. AccuWeather For Business, using its SkyGuard® site-specific lightning-warning service, was monitoring the atmosphere and identified the developing risk.

AccuWeather For Business issued a lightning warning valid from 8:25–8:45 pm and provided real-time guidance that allowed fair staff to clear the grandstands in about 15 minutes; lightning strikes occurred roughly 1,000 feet from the grandstands but no injuries were reported. The vendor’s timely alerts and personnel support averted potential harm while minimizing unnecessary false alarms, a result praised by fair official Phil Wogoman.

Elkhart County 4-H Fair

Phil Wogoman

Elkhart County 4-H Fair