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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
HLEA1
Latitude
33.28440 N
Longitude
86.88280 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 164 reports in 157 hours over the last seven days
Observed
2:00 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 RIVER 3 W Cahaba River Near Helena Report

Rank 276 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 score97.3of 100

Alabama median
95.6the median score of 798 stations
Scoring higher
271stations in Alabama
Sharing its score
9ranks 272 to 280
Points deducted
2.71.4 arrival, 0.8 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
GHAA1rank 275; ahead on reports received 99.4% against 97.6%
Next below
MGYA1rank 281; behind on 247 score 97.3 against 97.2
Sharing its rank
4other 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 3597.634.2 of 35 pointsAlabama median 98.8164 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1086.48.6 of 10 pointsAlabama median 87.5half its reports arrived within 17 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 :00
Reports received, 24 hours
21 of 2487.5% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
163 of 16897.0% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 12, 10:00 AM
Latest report
Oct 16, 1:00 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
17 min9 in 10 within 17 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 RIVER 3 W Cahaba River Near Helena received 97.6 per cent, 164 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 276 of 798.WHERE IT RANKS IN ALABAMA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 97.6%, 164 OF 168, RANK 276 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 RIVER 3 W Cahaba River Near Helena's rank in Alabama by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 98 of 323; 2026-09-27 rank 113 of 323; 2026-09-28 rank 109 of 431; 2026-09-29 rank 104 of 461; 2026-09-30 rank 95 of 468; 2026-10-01 rank 278 of 474; 2026-10-02 rank 290 of 652; 2026-10-03 rank 295 of 652; 2026-10-04 rank 312 of 669; 2026-10-05 rank 312 of 746; 2026-10-06 rank 316 of 765; 2026-10-07 rank 297 of 800; 2026-10-08 rank 288 of 808; 2026-10-09 rank 219 of 800; 2026-10-10 rank 219 of 800; 2026-10-11 rank 190 of 818; 2026-10-12 rank 195 of 815; 2026-10-13 rank 232 of 804; 2026-10-14 rank 222 of 799; 2026-10-15 rank 236 of 798; 2026-10-16 rank 276 of 798.ITS RANK IN ALABAMA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1100200300400Sep 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, 202627679897.6%
Oct 15, 202623679898.8%
Oct 14, 202622279998.2%
Oct 13, 202623280498.2%
Oct 12, 202619581598.8%
Oct 11, 202619081898.8%
Oct 10, 202621980098.2%
Oct 9, 202621980098.2%
Oct 8, 202628880897.0%
Oct 7, 202629780098.2%
Oct 6, 202631676598.2%
Oct 5, 202631274698.2%
Oct 4, 202631266998.2%
Oct 3, 202629565298.7%
Oct 2, 202629065298.7%
Oct 1, 202627847499.2%
Sep 30, 202695468100.0%
Sep 29, 2026104461100.0%
Sep 28, 2026109431100.0%
Sep 27, 2026113323100.0%
Sep 26, 202698323100.0%
Reports received at CAHABA RIVER 3 W Cahaba River Near Helena, reports from 1.0 to 4.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012346 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM
Reports received at CAHABA RIVER 3 W Cahaba River Near Helena, reports from 1.0 to 4.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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