- Stage now
- 21.97 ftreported Oct 15, 11:25 PM CDT
- 24 hour change
- -
- Elevation
- 33 ftabove sea level
- County
- Jefferson County
- Position
- 29.9477° N, 94.4003° W
- Record since
- 2010
Water level
F.M. 1406 @ North Fork Taylor Bayou
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 26 minon the hour's :00 and :25
- Reports received, 24 hours
- 47 of 5585.4% of its schedule
- Reports received, 7 days
- 334 of 38786.3% of its schedule, 342 reports in all
- Longest silence, 7 days
- 1 hourfrom Oct 15, 12:00 PM
- Latest report
- Oct 15, 11:25 PMlocal time
- Time to reach Storm Station
- 16 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 26 min, 55 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 26 min count as one received.
Ranking Statistics
247 score93.9of 100
- Texas median
- 95.4the median score of 4,689 stations
- Scoring higher
- 2,665stations in Texas
- Sharing its score
- 4ranks 2,666 to 2,669
- Points deducted
- 6.14.9 reports received, 1.2 arrival
- Counted at the median
- Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Texas median 100.0, 100.0, 100.0
- Next above
- GMKT2rank 2,668; ahead on reports received 92.8% against 86.0%
- Next below
- GLYT2rank 2,670; behind on 247 score 93.9 against 93.8
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 3586.030.1 of 35 pointsTexas median 97.5333 of 387 scheduled reports received in 7 days
- Arrivalweight 1088.28.8 of 10 pointsTexas median 92.0half its reports arrived within 16 min
- Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsTexas median 100.0longest silence 60 min, on a schedule of one report every 26 min
- Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianTexas median 100.0-
- Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianTexas median 100.0-
- Forecast checkweight 10-10.0 of 10 points, at the medianTexas 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 (78 min), none for 72 (31.2 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 F.M. 1406 @ North Fork Taylor Bayou
Gauges
Weather instruments
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.