Answer: Please don't! Continue moving to your shelter or crouch down.
The Science: When lightning strikes the ground the electric currents travels along the top of the ground, and the this electric current can be deadly over 100 feet away. Look at the picture above, this is picturing a ground lightning strike. While lying flat on the ground gets you as low as possible, it increases your chance of being hit by a ground current. The best thing if you cannot reach a shelter would be a combination of being low and touching the ground as little as possible. Meteorologist call this the 'lightning crouch': put your feet together, squat low, tuck your head, and cover your ears.
Photo/ Info From:
srh.noaa.gov
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