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Rocky Broad River at Bat Cave
A gauge on the Rocky Broad River in Henderson County, North Carolina. Its stage was 4.63 ft as of Oct 16, 1:45 AM EDT.
- Stage now
- 4.63 ftreported Oct 16, 1:45 AM EDT
- 24 hour change
- -
- Elevation
- 1,617 ftabove sea level
- County
- Henderson County
- Position
- 35.4514° N, 82.2872° W
- Record since
- 2010
Water level
Rocky Broad River at Bat Cave
Stage is the height of the water's surface above the gauge's own fixed zero, in feet, not the depth of the water. Every point drawn is a reading the gauge sent, at the time it sent it.
How it reports
- Schedule
- every 15 minon the hour's :00, :15 and :45
- Reports received, 24 hours
- 41 of 9642.7% of its schedule
- Reports received, 7 days
- 463 of 67268.8% of its schedule, 488 reports in all
- Longest silence, 7 days
- 4 h 15 minfrom Oct 15, 9:00 AM
- Latest report
- Oct 16, 1:45 AMlocal time
- Time to reach Storm Station
- 14 min9 in 10 within 19 min
From Storm Station's own record of every report it heard from this station.
Its schedule is one report every 15 min, 96 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 15 min count as one received.
Ranking Statistics
247 score83.1of 100
- North Carolina median
- 95.0the median score of 2,255 stations
- Scoring higher
- 1,752stations in North Carolina
- Sharing its score
- 6ranks 1,753 to 1,758
- Points deducted
- 16.910.6 reports received, 5.5 continuity, 0.8 arrival
- Counted at the median
- Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; North Carolina median 100.0, 100.0, 100.0
- Next above
- FW6945rank 1,752; ahead on 247 score 83.2 against 83.1
- Next below
- NC-MK-143rank 1,754; behind on reports received 69.6% against 57.1%
Equal scores are ordered by the share of scheduled reports received, then the reports due in the week (the longer record first), then the median arrival, then the longest silence.
- Reports receivedweight 3569.624.4 of 35 pointsNorth Carolina median 92.6468 of 672 scheduled reports received in 7 days
- Arrivalweight 1092.19.2 of 10 pointsNorth Carolina median 95.2half its reports arrived within 14 min
- Continuityweight 1045.44.5 of 10 pointsNorth Carolina median 100.0longest silence 4.3 h, on a schedule of one report every 15 min
- Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianNorth Carolina median 100.0-
- Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianNorth Carolina median 100.0-
- Forecast checkweight 10-10.0 of 10 points, at the medianNorth Carolina median 100.0-
The score is the weighted mean of its six parts, from the last 7 days. How a station is ranked sets out each part.
How each part is scored
- Reports received
- Full marks for every scheduled report received, none for none, in proportion between
- Arrival
- Full marks for a median arrival within 10 min, none at 60 min
- Continuity
- Full marks for a longest silence of 3 reports or less (45 min), none for 72 (18 h)
- Accuracy
- Full marks within 1.5 °F of its reference, typically, none beyond 8.0 °F
- Instrument checks
- Full marks for no reading failed, none for 5 per cent or more
- Forecast check
- Full marks within 2 °F of the forecast on average, none at 8 °F
Near Rocky Broad River at Bat Cave
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How to read a gauge
A gauge measures the height of the water where it stands, its stage, in feet above a fixed mark at that gauge. Two gauges' stages are not comparable: each is measured from its own mark, and a reservoir's is often its height above sea level.
The stage shown is the latest the gauge reported, with the time it reported it. Storm Station hears each gauge on its own schedule and ranks it among its state's stations by its 247 score, how reliably it reports and how its readings hold up: that is its 247 rank.