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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
BSCM6
Latitude
34.19720 N
Longitude
90.57500 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 167 reports in 160 hours over the last seven days
Observed
4:00 AMCDT, 39 minutes ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 41 instruments in Mississippi stand at one.

Station charts

Big Sunflower At Big Sunflower River @ Clarkdale Report

Rank 255 of 464 in Mississippi, Oct 17. 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

Mississippi median
95.5the median score of 464 stations
Scoring higher
245stations in Mississippi
Sharing its score
20ranks 246 to 265
Points deducted
4.94.2 arrival, 0.4 forecast check, 0.2 reports received, 0.1 accuracy
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Mississippi median 99.6, 100.0, 95.6
Next above
WYSM6rank 246; ahead on median arrival 30 min 52 s against 30 min 53 s
Next below
LSGM6rank 260; behind on median arrival 30 min 53 s against 30 min 58 s
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 3599.434.8 of 35 pointsMississippi median 99.4167 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1058.25.8 of 10 pointsMississippi median 88.0half its reports arrived within 31 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsMississippi median 100.0longest silence 2 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-19.9 of 20 points, at the medianMississippi median 99.6-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianMississippi median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.6 of 10 points, at the medianMississippi median 95.6-

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
24 of 24100% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
167 of 16899.4% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 15, 11:00 AM
Latest report
Oct 17, 4:00 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
31 min9 in 10 within 31 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 464 ranked stations in Mississippi on Oct 17 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, 5; 20 to 29 per cent, 6; 30 to 39 per cent, 1; 40 to 49 per cent, 22; 50 to 59 per cent, 32; 60 to 69 per cent, 6; 70 to 79 per cent, 17; 80 to 89 per cent, 48; 90 to 99 per cent, 169; 100 per cent, 157. Big Sunflower At Big Sunflower River @ Clarkdale received 99.4 per cent, 167 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 255 of 464.WHERE IT RANKS IN MISSISSIPPI, Oct 17THIS ONE: 99.4%, 167 OF 168, RANK 255 OF 464PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9110 to 19520 to 29630 to 39140 to 492250 to 593260 to 69670 to 791780 to 894890 to 99169100157STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Big Sunflower At Big Sunflower River @ Clarkdale's rank in Mississippi by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-17: 2026-09-26 rank 220 of 261; 2026-09-27 rank 200 of 263; 2026-09-28 rank 252 of 301; 2026-09-29 rank 244 of 308; 2026-09-30 rank 235 of 311; 2026-10-01 rank 226 of 313; 2026-10-02 rank 261 of 391; 2026-10-03 rank 261 of 391; 2026-10-04 rank 290 of 397; 2026-10-05 rank 287 of 426; 2026-10-06 rank 284 of 435; 2026-10-07 rank 283 of 460; 2026-10-08 rank 287 of 463; 2026-10-09 rank 291 of 458; 2026-10-10 rank 291 of 458; 2026-10-11 rank 284 of 466; 2026-10-12 rank 253 of 469; 2026-10-13 rank 255 of 459; 2026-10-14 rank 246 of 456; 2026-10-15 rank 253 of 460; 2026-10-16 rank 255 of 459; 2026-10-17 rank 255 of 464.ITS RANK IN MISSISSIPPI, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1100200300Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16Oct 17
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%157
90 to 99%169
80 to 89%48
70 to 79%17
60 to 69%6
50 to 59%32
40 to 49%22
30 to 39%1
20 to 29%6
10 to 19%5
0 to 9%1
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 17, 202625546499.4%
Oct 16, 202625545999.4%
Oct 15, 202625346099.4%
Oct 14, 202624645699.4%
Oct 13, 202625545999.4%
Oct 12, 202625346999.4%
Oct 11, 202628446699.4%
Oct 10, 202629145899.4%
Oct 9, 202629145899.4%
Oct 8, 2026287463100.0%
Oct 7, 2026283460100.0%
Oct 6, 2026284435100.0%
Oct 5, 202628742699.4%
Oct 4, 202629039799.4%
Oct 3, 202626139198.7%
Oct 2, 202626139198.7%
Oct 1, 202622631398.5%
Sep 30, 202623531198.3%
Sep 29, 202624430897.8%
Sep 28, 202625230197.1%
Sep 27, 202620026397.8%
Sep 26, 202622026195.6%
Reports received at Big Sunflower At Big Sunflower River @ Clarkdale, reports from 0.0 to 1.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports00.250.50.7516 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 173 AM
Reports received at Big Sunflower At Big Sunflower River @ Clarkdale, reports from 0.0 to 1.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports00.250.50.751Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16Sat 17

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