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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
BLAS1
Latitude
35.13780 N
Longitude
81.59720 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 165 reports in 158 hours over the last seven days
Observed
11:59 PMEDT, 1 hour ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 82 instruments in South Carolina stand at one.

Station charts

Gaston Shoals Res Broad River At Gaston Shoals Report

Rank 516 of 1,111 in South Carolina, 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 score97.2of 100

South Carolina median
96.7the median score of 1,111 stations
Scoring higher
501stations in South Carolina
Sharing its score
21ranks 502 to 522
Points deducted
2.82.2 arrival, 0.6 reports received
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; South Carolina median 100.0, 100.0, 100.0
Next above
WYSS1rank 505; ahead on median arrival 20 min 59 s against 21 min
Next below
LMIS1rank 518; behind on longest silence 120 min against 121 min
Sharing its rank
1other 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 pointsSouth Carolina median 98.8165 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1078.07.8 of 10 pointsSouth Carolina median 97.8half its reports arrived within 21 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsSouth Carolina 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 medianSouth Carolina median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianSouth Carolina median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-10.0 of 10 points, at the medianSouth Carolina median 100.0-

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
165 of 16898.2% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
1 of 30
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 11, 12:00 PM
Latest report
Oct 16, 11:59 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
21 min9 in 10 within 23 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 1,111 ranked stations in South Carolina 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, 5; 10 to 19 per cent, 21; 20 to 29 per cent, 2; 30 to 39 per cent, 5; 40 to 49 per cent, 84; 50 to 59 per cent, 121; 60 to 69 per cent, 15; 70 to 79 per cent, 63; 80 to 89 per cent, 122; 90 to 99 per cent, 258; 100 per cent, 415. Gaston Shoals Res Broad River At Gaston Shoals received 98.2 per cent, 165 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 516 of 1,111.WHERE IT RANKS IN SOUTH CAROLINA, Oct 17THIS ONE: 98.2%, 165 OF 168, RANK 516 OF 1,111PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9510 to 192120 to 29230 to 39540 to 498450 to 5912160 to 691570 to 796380 to 8912290 to 99258100415STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Gaston Shoals Res Broad River At Gaston Shoals's rank in South Carolina by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-17: 2026-09-26 rank 335 of 378; 2026-09-27 rank 311 of 379; 2026-09-28 rank 423 of 481; 2026-09-29 rank 436 of 488; 2026-09-30 rank 431 of 493; 2026-10-01 rank 427 of 497; 2026-10-02 rank 519 of 869; 2026-10-03 rank 519 of 869; 2026-10-04 rank 505 of 900; 2026-10-05 rank 519 of 1,022; 2026-10-06 rank 508 of 1,077; 2026-10-07 rank 483 of 1,137; 2026-10-08 rank 513 of 1,156; 2026-10-09 rank 475 of 1,128; 2026-10-10 rank 478 of 1,128; 2026-10-11 rank 480 of 1,153; 2026-10-12 rank 509 of 1,155; 2026-10-13 rank 545 of 1,139; 2026-10-14 rank 503 of 1,132; 2026-10-15 rank 490 of 1,127; 2026-10-16 rank 527 of 1,128; 2026-10-17 rank 516 of 1,111.ITS RANK IN SOUTH CAROLINA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16Oct 17
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%415
90 to 99%258
80 to 89%122
70 to 79%63
60 to 69%15
50 to 59%121
40 to 49%84
30 to 39%5
20 to 29%2
10 to 19%21
0 to 9%5
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 17, 20265161,11198.2%
Oct 16, 20265271,12897.6%
Oct 15, 20264901,12798.2%
Oct 14, 20265031,13295.8%
Oct 13, 20265451,13995.2%
Oct 12, 20265091,15595.8%
Oct 11, 20264801,15395.8%
Oct 10, 20264781,12895.8%
Oct 9, 20264751,12895.8%
Oct 8, 20265131,15695.8%
Oct 7, 20264831,13798.2%
Oct 6, 20265081,07798.2%
Oct 5, 20265191,02297.6%
Oct 4, 202650590098.2%
Oct 3, 202651986997.5%
Oct 2, 202651986997.5%
Oct 1, 202642749797.1%
Sep 30, 202643149397.4%
Sep 29, 202643648896.8%
Sep 28, 202642348197.1%
Sep 27, 202631137997.8%
Sep 26, 202633537895.6%
Reports received at Gaston Shoals Res Broad River At Gaston Shoals, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012343 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 17
Reports received at Gaston Shoals Res Broad River At Gaston Shoals, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16Sat 17

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