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Kanawha River at London Locks

A gauge on the Kanawha River in Kanawha County, West Virginia. Its stage was 17.90 ft as of Oct 15, 7:00 AM EDT.

Gauge LONW2Kanawha County, West VirginiaEvery gauge in West Virginia

Stage now
17.90 ftreported Oct 15, 7:00 AM EDT
24 hour change
Fell 0.03 ftsince Oct 14, 7:00 AM
Elevation
804 ftabove sea level
County
Kanawha County
Position
38.2000° N, 81.3667° W
Record since
2010

Water level

Kanawha River at London Locks

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.

Water level, 7 days at Kanawha River at London Locks: the water from 17.90 to 18.01 feet of stage, the latest 17.90 feet.WATER LEVEL, 7 DAYSFTHIGH 18.01 FT, OCT 12, 7:00 AM · LOW 17.90 FT, OCT 15, 7:00 AM17.8517.9017.9518.0018.05Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 1617.90
Latest
17.90 ftOct 15, 7:00 AM
Highest
18.01 ftOct 12, 7:00 AM
Lowest
17.90 ftOct 15, 7:00 AM
Range
0.11 fthighest less lowest
Change
Fell 0.05 ftsince Oct 11, 7:00 AM
Readings
5
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
TimeStage ft
Oct 15, 7:00 AM17.90
Oct 14, 7:00 AM17.93
Oct 13, 7:00 AM17.96
Oct 12, 7:00 AM18.01
Oct 11, 7:00 AM17.95
Water level, 30 days at Kanawha River at London Locks: the water from 17.78 to 18.27 feet of stage, the latest 17.90 feet.WATER LEVEL, 30 DAYSFTHIGH 18.27 FT, SEP 17, 6:00 AM · LOW 17.78 FT, OCT 1, 7:00 AM17.617.818.018.218.4Sep 16Sep 21Sep 26Oct 1Oct 6Oct 1117.90
Latest
17.90 ftOct 15, 7:00 AM
Highest
18.27 ftSep 17, 6:00 AM
Lowest
17.78 ftOct 1, 7:00 AM
Range
0.49 fthighest less lowest
Change
Fell 0.37 ftsince Sep 17, 6:00 AM
Readings
25
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
DayHigh ftLow ftAverage ftLast ftReadings
Oct 1517.9017.9017.9017.901
Oct 1417.9317.9317.9317.931
Oct 1317.9617.9617.9617.961
Oct 1218.0118.0118.0118.011
Oct 1117.9517.9517.9517.951
Oct 618.0018.0018.0018.001
Oct 517.9817.9817.9817.981
Oct 417.9517.9517.9517.951
Oct 317.9817.9817.9817.981
Oct 217.8517.8517.8517.851
Oct 117.7817.7817.7817.781
Sep 3017.9617.9617.9617.961
Sep 2917.9017.9017.9017.901
Sep 2817.8917.8917.8917.891
Sep 2717.9817.9817.9817.981
Sep 2617.9017.9017.9017.901
Sep 2518.0718.0718.0718.071
Sep 2418.0918.0918.0918.091
Sep 2318.0918.0918.0918.091
Sep 2218.0118.0118.0118.011
Sep 2117.8817.8817.8817.881
Sep 2017.9017.9017.9017.901
Sep 1917.8717.8717.8717.871
Sep 1818.2318.2318.2318.231
Sep 1718.2718.2718.2718.271

How it reports

Schedule
every houron the hour's :30
Reports received, 24 hours
24 of 24100% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
167 of 16899.4% of its schedule
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 9, 10:30 PM
Latest report
Oct 16, 12:30 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
37 min9 in 10 within 37 min

From Storm Station's own record of every report it heard from this station.

Its schedule is one report every hour, 24 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same hour count as one received.

Ranking Statistics

247 score92.7of 100

West Virginia median
92.4the median score of 711 stations
Scoring higher
347stations in West Virginia
Sharing its score
3ranks 348 to 350
Points deducted
7.35.4 arrival, 0.9 accuracy, 0.6 forecast check, 0.4 reports received
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; West Virginia median 95.6, 100.0, 93.9
Next above
BLUW2rank 347; ahead on 247 score 92.8 against 92.7
Next below
MINW2rank 349; behind on reports received 98.8% against 94.7%

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.

  1. Reports receivedweight 3598.834.6 of 35 pointsWest Virginia median 89.9166 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1046.54.7 of 10 pointsWest Virginia median 87.5half its reports arrived within 37 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsWest Virginia median 100.0longest silence 2 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-19.1 of 20 points, at the medianWest Virginia median 95.6-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianWest Virginia median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.4 of 10 points, at the medianWest Virginia median 93.9-

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 (3 h), none for 72 (72 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 Kanawha River at London Locks

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.