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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
CVCA1
Latitude
33.31330 N
Longitude
86.80640 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 160 reports in 161 hours over the last seven days
Observed
2:15 AMCDT, 1 hour ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 68 instruments in Alabama stand at one.

Station charts

CAHABA VALLEY CREEK AT Cahaba Valley Creek (Pelham) Report

Rank 414 of 798 in Alabama, Oct 16. The 247 rank orders a state's stations by their 247 score out of 100: how reliably they report, how accurate their readings are against a reference station, how their readings pass their checks, and how they stand against the forecast.

Ranking Statistics

247 score95.6of 100

Alabama median
95.6the median score of 798 stations
Scoring higher
394stations in Alabama
Sharing its score
23ranks 395 to 417
Points deducted
4.42.3 arrival, 1.7 reports received, 0.5 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Alabama median 100.0, 100.0, 95.4
Next above
WILA1rank 399; ahead on reports received 98.2% against 95.2%
Next below
TOIrank 417; behind on reports received 95.2% against 90.6%
Sharing its rank
2other stations, equal on every measure

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 3595.233.3 of 35 pointsAlabama median 98.8160 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1077.17.7 of 10 pointsAlabama median 87.5half its reports arrived within 21 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsAlabama median 100.0longest silence 2 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianAlabama median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianAlabama median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.5 of 10 points, at the medianAlabama median 95.4-

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
Schedule
every houron the hour's :15
Reports received, 24 hours
23 of 2495.8% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
160 of 16895.2% of its schedule, 161 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 9, 7:15 PM
Latest report
Oct 16, 2:15 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
21 min9 in 10 within 22 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.

Chart of the 798 ranked stations in Alabama on Oct 16 by the share of their scheduled reports received in Storm Station's own record, up to 7 days, in tenths: 0 to 9 per cent, 0; 10 to 19 per cent, 7; 20 to 29 per cent, 11; 30 to 39 per cent, 3; 40 to 49 per cent, 43; 50 to 59 per cent, 71; 60 to 69 per cent, 12; 70 to 79 per cent, 56; 80 to 89 per cent, 86; 90 to 99 per cent, 228; 100 per cent, 281. CAHABA VALLEY CREEK AT Cahaba Valley Creek (Pelham) received 95.2 per cent, 160 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 414 of 798.WHERE IT RANKS IN ALABAMA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 95.2%, 160 OF 168, RANK 414 OF 798PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 910 to 19720 to 291130 to 39340 to 494350 to 597160 to 691270 to 795680 to 898690 to 99228100281STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of CAHABA VALLEY CREEK AT Cahaba Valley Creek (Pelham)'s rank in Alabama by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 49 of 323; 2026-09-27 rank 258 of 323; 2026-09-28 rank 347 of 431; 2026-09-29 rank 342 of 461; 2026-09-30 rank 312 of 468; 2026-10-01 rank 286 of 474; 2026-10-02 rank 397 of 652; 2026-10-03 rank 398 of 652; 2026-10-04 rank 395 of 669; 2026-10-05 rank 382 of 746; 2026-10-06 rank 388 of 765; 2026-10-07 rank 367 of 800; 2026-10-08 rank 312 of 808; 2026-10-09 rank 310 of 800; 2026-10-10 rank 308 of 800; 2026-10-11 rank 319 of 818; 2026-10-12 rank 322 of 815; 2026-10-13 rank 359 of 804; 2026-10-14 rank 383 of 799; 2026-10-15 rank 403 of 798; 2026-10-16 rank 414 of 798.ITS RANK IN ALABAMA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%281
90 to 99%228
80 to 89%86
70 to 79%56
60 to 69%12
50 to 59%71
40 to 49%43
30 to 39%3
20 to 29%11
10 to 19%7
0 to 9%0
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 202641479895.2%
Oct 15, 202640379893.4%
Oct 14, 202638379993.4%
Oct 13, 202635980494.6%
Oct 12, 202632281596.4%
Oct 11, 202631981897.0%
Oct 10, 202630880097.6%
Oct 9, 202631080097.6%
Oct 8, 202631280898.8%
Oct 7, 202636780098.8%
Oct 6, 202638876598.8%
Oct 5, 202638274698.8%
Oct 4, 202639566998.2%
Oct 3, 202639865298.1%
Oct 2, 202639765298.1%
Oct 1, 202628647499.2%
Sep 30, 202631246899.1%
Sep 29, 202634246198.9%
Sep 28, 202634743198.5%
Sep 27, 202625832397.8%
Sep 26, 202649323100.0%
Reports received at CAHABA VALLEY CREEK AT Cahaba Valley Creek (Pelham), reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012346 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM
Reports received at CAHABA VALLEY CREEK AT Cahaba Valley Creek (Pelham), reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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