<P> After witnessing his mother 's supernatural murder , Barry Allen is taken in by Detective Joe West and his family . Barry becomes a brilliant but socially awkward crime scene investigator for the Central City Police Department . A particle accelerator malfunctions , bathing the city center with a radiation during a thunderstorm , and Barry is struck by lightning . Awakening after a coma , he discovers he can move at superhuman speeds . Harrison Wells , the accelerator 's designer , describes Barry 's nature as `` metahuman '' . Barry vows to use his gifts to protect Central City . As the Flash , Barry also pursues his mother 's murderer , the Reverse - Flash . </P>
<P> After witnessing his mother 's supernatural murder , Barry Allen is taken in by Detective Joe West and his family . Barry becomes a brilliant but socially awkward crime scene investigator for the Central City Police Department . A particle accelerator malfunctions , bathing the city center with a radiation during a thunderstorm , and Barry is struck by lightning . Awakening after a coma , he discovers he can move at superhuman speeds . Harrison Wells , the accelerator 's designer , describes Barry 's nature as `` metahuman '' . Barry vows to use his gifts to protect Central City . As the Flash , Barry also pursues his mother 's murderer , the Reverse - Flash . </P>
where does the show the flash take place
where does the show the flash take place
Central City
Central City