The LWSL severe weather policy is patterned after LYSA's:
Games shall be stopped and possibly terminated due to the presence of severe weather. Severe weather shall include but it not limited to:
- the sighting of lightening.
- the hearing of thunder.
- the sighting of a funnel cloud.
If any of these are present during a game, then the referee in charge shall stop the game and instruct everyone to clear the field and seek shelter. After a wait of at least 30 minutes with the absence of any severe weather, the game may be resumed. If after 30 minutes the severe weather continues, the referee may terminate the game.
If any of these conditions are present during a practice or a scrimmage where no referee is present then the captain or captains are responsible for stopping the practice or scrimmage and instructing everyone to clear the field and seek shelter. After a wait of at least 30 minutes with the absence of any severe weather, the practice or scrimmage may be resumed. If after 30 minutes the severe weather continues, the practice or scrimmage shall be terminated.
In the case of multiple games, practices or scrimmages occurring at a single location, if there is a person or persons on site who have been vested with the authority for the whole site, such as is the case of a tournament director, then the individual referees and captains will be subordinate to that site authority's determination of the presence of severe weather and whether the activities should be stopped or terminated.
If there are no severe weather conditions present, but in the opinion of the referee or the site authority the threat of severe weather is sufficiently real then the referee or the site authority may suspend or terminate a game at their discretion.
If at any time during any game, practice or scrimmage an adult player or parent/guardian feels that conditions are dangerous or constitute a possiblity of a threat of severe weather that poses a risk to their or their child's safety, then that adult player, parent or guardian has the responsibility to remove herself or their child from the game, practice or scrimmage even if the game practice or scrimmage continues. In that event there shall be no penalty to the player, parent or child for such an action, but consequences such as forfeiture of a game may result.
If the Fayette County area is under a severe weather warning, then no activities shall be permitted to start or continue while that warning is in effect.