Design and application of Wuhan Oil and Gas Depot Lightning Warning Service System

In this article, we first introduce the design idea, main function and working procedures of the Wuhan Oil and Gas Depot LightningWarning Service System (WH-LWSS). Taking a severe precipitation event over Wuhan area from July 5 to 6 in 2013 as a case study, weselect two gas stations located in the surrounding area of Hubei Province Meteorological Bureau as the service objects of WH-LWSS applicationto conduct tests on their operating and service performance. The results show that WH-LWSS can accurately monitor lightning and timelyissue the lightning warning information. Hence, it received good feedbacks from service objects.