Storm Station
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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
GPCK2
Latitude
38.99420 N
Longitude
84.71610 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 165 reports in 159 hours over the last seven days
Observed
8:00 AMEDT, 1 hour ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 88 instruments in Kentucky stand at one.

Station charts

Gunpowder Creek 2 NW Union Report

Rank 418 of 692 in Kentucky, 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 score95.1of 100

Kentucky median
96.4the median score of 692 stations
Scoring higher
417stations in Kentucky
Sharing its score
7ranks 418 to 424
Points deducted
4.93.2 arrival, 1.0 forecast check, 0.6 reports received
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Kentucky median 100.0, 100.0, 89.8
Next above
PHYK2rank 415; ahead on 247 score 95.2 against 95.1
Next below
ELJK2rank 422; behind on median arrival 26 min 3 s against 26 min 7 s
Sharing its rank
3other 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 3598.234.4 of 35 pointsKentucky median 99.4165 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1067.96.8 of 10 pointsKentucky median 91.6half its reports arrived within 26 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsKentucky 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 medianKentucky median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianKentucky median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.0 of 10 points, at the medianKentucky median 89.8-

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
23 of 2495.8% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
165 of 16898.2% of its schedule, 169 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 9, 2:00 AM
Latest report
Oct 15, 10:00 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
26 min9 in 10 within 27 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 692 ranked stations in Kentucky 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, 6; 10 to 19 per cent, 7; 20 to 29 per cent, 12; 30 to 39 per cent, 1; 40 to 49 per cent, 35; 50 to 59 per cent, 62; 60 to 69 per cent, 14; 70 to 79 per cent, 37; 80 to 89 per cent, 52; 90 to 99 per cent, 219; 100 per cent, 247. Gunpowder Creek 2 NW Union received 98.2 per cent, 165 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 418 of 692.WHERE IT RANKS IN KENTUCKY, Oct 16THIS ONE: 98.2%, 165 OF 168, RANK 418 OF 692PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9610 to 19720 to 291230 to 39140 to 493550 to 596260 to 691470 to 793780 to 895290 to 99219100247STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Gunpowder Creek 2 NW Union's rank in Kentucky by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 184 of 287; 2026-09-27 rank 191 of 288; 2026-09-28 rank 173 of 343; 2026-09-29 rank 170 of 351; 2026-09-30 rank 181 of 355; 2026-10-01 rank 219 of 355; 2026-10-02 rank 327 of 512; 2026-10-03 rank 332 of 512; 2026-10-04 rank 330 of 528; 2026-10-05 rank 298 of 602; 2026-10-06 rank 302 of 608; 2026-10-07 rank 326 of 687; 2026-10-08 rank 301 of 690; 2026-10-09 rank 311 of 674; 2026-10-10 rank 309 of 674; 2026-10-11 rank 298 of 663; 2026-10-12 rank 314 of 669; 2026-10-13 rank 384 of 673; 2026-10-14 rank 360 of 672; 2026-10-15 rank 368 of 676; 2026-10-16 rank 418 of 692.ITS RANK IN KENTUCKY, 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%247
90 to 99%219
80 to 89%52
70 to 79%37
60 to 69%14
50 to 59%62
40 to 49%35
30 to 39%1
20 to 29%12
10 to 19%7
0 to 9%6
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 202641869298.2%
Oct 15, 202636867698.8%
Oct 14, 202636067298.2%
Oct 13, 202638467397.6%
Oct 12, 202631466998.2%
Oct 11, 202629866398.2%
Oct 10, 202630967498.2%
Oct 9, 202631167498.2%
Oct 8, 202630169098.2%
Oct 7, 202632668798.8%
Oct 6, 202630260899.4%
Oct 5, 202629860299.4%
Oct 4, 202633052899.4%
Oct 3, 202633251299.3%
Oct 2, 202632751299.3%
Oct 1, 202621935599.2%
Sep 30, 2026181355100.0%
Sep 29, 2026170351100.0%
Sep 28, 2026173343100.0%
Sep 27, 2026191288100.0%
Sep 26, 2026184287100.0%
Reports received at Gunpowder Creek 2 NW Union, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports0123412 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM
Reports received at Gunpowder Creek 2 NW Union, 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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