All STC teams must adhere to lightning detection alarms and tornado warnings/alarms and policies.

Lightning Detection
When a lightning warning system activates or lightning is observed, play should be immediately suspended and all players, coaches and spectators should immediately vacate to a safer location (cars, buildings, etc. --not under pavilions, rain canopies, in dugouts or anywhere at the fields). Play may resume when the lightning warning system activates the “all clear” (3 short blasts) or 30-minutes after the last lightning is witnessed at fields with no detection systems.  Any subsequent lightning after the beginning of the 30-minute count will reset the clock and another 30-minute count should begin.
Lightning Warning Systems are located at:

• Haines Building (can be heard at Richmond)
• East Side Sports Complex
• Munhall Elementary School
• Geneva HS (can be heard at Davis)

1 long blast ---seek shelter

3 short blasts--all clear

Tornado Watches/Warnings

All tornado watches as issued by the National Weather Service should be monitored and fields should be vacated immediately if changed to a warning and/or the tornado sirens alarm.

Heat/Humidity & Cold

St Charles in house teams Rookie through Minor adhere to the below rules for heat/humidity and cold. Our Major & Pony teams follow the Fox Valley Baseball League determination and/or policy for heat/humidity and cold, and our travel teams follow the rules for the league they are playing in.  WSBL weather determination and/or policy here (letter H).

Heat and Humidity

• No game or practice is to begin if the heat index (“feels like temperature”) is above 104 degrees. In cases where the heat index is 95-104 degrees coaches are strongly encouraged to consider postponing the game to a cooler part of the day or rescheduling. If deciding to play the game, coaches shall encourage players to drink ample amounts of water and no player shall play the catcher position for more than one (1) inning.
• All players should be monitored and watched carefully.
• Tournament and travel teams playing in another league or in a tournament shall follow the weather rules and guidelines of the specific league or tournament.

Cold
No game or practice is to begin if the “feels like temperature” is below 43 degrees. Tournament and travel teams playing in another league or in a tournament shall follow the weather rules and guidelines of the specific league or tournament.

**St Charles Baseball will communicate weather and field condition related cancellations/communication  up until 3:30PM (when/if they can be made by then).  After that, coaches should make and communicate weather cancellations to their teams and in collaboration with opposing coaches based on the above weather policies and in the best interest of the safety of players  (email contact@stcbaseball.com as soon as you are aware you need to cancel an umpire).**

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