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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
CHAL1
Latitude
30.29130 N
Longitude
93.31450 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 221 reports in 165 hours over the last seven days
Observed
4:05 AMCDT, 50 minutes ago
Precipitation today
0in

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 132 instruments in Louisiana stand at one.

Station charts

Sulphur - Houston River Report

Rank 802 of 933 in Louisiana, 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 score82.0of 100

Louisiana median
95.6the median score of 933 stations
Scoring higher
801stations in Louisiana
Sharing its score
1no other station
Points deducted
18.015.8 reports received, 0.9 arrival, 0.8 continuity, 0.5 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Louisiana median 100.0, 100.0, 95.3
Next above
FW0094rank 801; ahead on 247 score 82.1 against 82.0
Next below
GW6347rank 803; behind on 247 score 82.0 against 81.9

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 3554.819.2 of 35 pointsLouisiana median 98.8221 of 403 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1091.09.1 of 10 pointsLouisiana median 84.4half its reports arrived within 14 min
  3. Continuityweight 1092.29.2 of 10 pointsLouisiana median 100.0longest silence 1.6 h, on a schedule of one report every 25 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianLouisiana median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianLouisiana median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.5 of 10 points, at the medianLouisiana median 95.3-

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 (75 min), none for 72 (30 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 25 min
Reports received, 24 hours
30 of 5752.6% of its schedule, 34 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
216 of 40353.5% of its schedule, 253 reports in all
Longest silence, 7 days
1 h 36 minfrom Oct 9, 11:59 PM
Latest report
Oct 15, 10:00 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
14 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 25 min, 57 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 25 min count as one received.

Chart of the 933 ranked stations in Louisiana 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, 1; 10 to 19 per cent, 12; 20 to 29 per cent, 17; 30 to 39 per cent, 9; 40 to 49 per cent, 33; 50 to 59 per cent, 73; 60 to 69 per cent, 39; 70 to 79 per cent, 44; 80 to 89 per cent, 73; 90 to 99 per cent, 333; 100 per cent, 299. Sulphur - Houston River received 54.8 per cent, 221 of 403 scheduled reports, rank 802 of 933.WHERE IT RANKS IN LOUISIANA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 54.8%, 221 OF 403, RANK 802 OF 933PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9110 to 191220 to 291730 to 39940 to 493350 to 597360 to 693970 to 794480 to 897390 to 99333100299STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Sulphur - Houston River's rank in Louisiana by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 531 of 554; 2026-09-27 rank 535 of 556; 2026-09-28 rank 566 of 601; 2026-09-29 rank 592 of 616; 2026-09-30 rank 587 of 619; 2026-10-01 rank 587 of 621; 2026-10-02 rank 689 of 734; 2026-10-03 rank 689 of 734; 2026-10-04 rank 679 of 743; 2026-10-05 rank 693 of 812; 2026-10-06 rank 718 of 823; 2026-10-07 rank 721 of 943; 2026-10-08 rank 708 of 950; 2026-10-09 rank 788 of 939; 2026-10-10 rank 843 of 939; 2026-10-11 rank 831 of 951; 2026-10-12 rank 829 of 948; 2026-10-13 rank 809 of 940; 2026-10-14 rank 810 of 936; 2026-10-15 rank 810 of 927; 2026-10-16 rank 802 of 933.ITS RANK IN LOUISIANA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP12505007501,000Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%299
90 to 99%333
80 to 89%73
70 to 79%44
60 to 69%39
50 to 59%73
40 to 49%33
30 to 39%9
20 to 29%17
10 to 19%12
0 to 9%1
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 202680293354.8%
Oct 15, 202681092752.8%
Oct 14, 202681093652.8%
Oct 13, 202680994052.6%
Oct 12, 202682994851.6%
Oct 11, 202683195151.1%
Oct 10, 202684393947.8%
Oct 9, 202678893951.6%
Oct 8, 202670895053.5%
Oct 7, 202672194350.8%
Oct 6, 202671882351.8%
Oct 5, 202669381255.3%
Oct 4, 202667974356.0%
Oct 3, 202668973452.5%
Oct 2, 202668973452.3%
Oct 1, 202658762154.9%
Sep 30, 202658761954.0%
Sep 29, 202659261655.0%
Sep 28, 202656660154.7%
Sep 27, 202653555652.6%
Sep 26, 202653155448.2%
Reports received at Sulphur - Houston River, reports from 1.0 to 4.0, the latest 2.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012346 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
HourPrecipitation inReports
Fri 16, 4 AM0.002
Fri 16, 2 AM0.002
Reports received at Sulphur - Houston River, reports from 1.0 to 4.0, the latest 2.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
HourPrecipitation inReports
Fri 16, 4 AM0.002
Fri 16, 2 AM0.002

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