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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
IRCT1
Latitude
35.01670 N
Longitude
87.58330 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 283 reports in 167 hours over the last seven days
Observed
11:59 PMCDT, 32 minutes ago
Precipitation today
0in

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 46 instruments in Tennessee stand at one.

Station charts

Shoal Creek AT Iron City Report

Rank 642 of 1,019 in Tennessee, 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 score94.3of 100

Tennessee median
97.0the median score of 1,019 stations
Scoring higher
632stations in Tennessee
Sharing its score
10ranks 633 to 642
Points deducted
5.75.5 reports received, 0.2 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Tennessee median 100.0, 100.0, 98.3
Next above
TN-RD-55rank 641; ahead on reports received 85.7% against 84.2%
Next below
GEOT1rank 643; behind on 247 score 94.3 against 94.2

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 3584.229.5 of 35 pointsTennessee median 98.8283 of 336 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsTennessee median 100.0half its reports arrived within 2 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsTennessee median 100.0longest silence 61 min, on a schedule of one report every 30 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianTennessee median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianTennessee median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.8 of 10 points, at the medianTennessee median 98.3-

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 (1.5 h), none for 72 (36 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 30 minon the hour's :00 and :30
Reports received, 24 hours
40 of 4883.3% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
284 of 33684.5% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
29 of 30
Longest silence, 7 days
61 minfrom Oct 11, 11:59 PM
Latest report
Oct 15, 11:59 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
2 min9 in 10 within 21 min

From Storm Station's own record of every report it heard from this station.

Its schedule is one report every 30 min, 48 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 30 min count as one received.

Chart of the 1,019 ranked stations in Tennessee 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, 8; 20 to 29 per cent, 22; 30 to 39 per cent, 6; 40 to 49 per cent, 75; 50 to 59 per cent, 115; 60 to 69 per cent, 18; 70 to 79 per cent, 76; 80 to 89 per cent, 96; 90 to 99 per cent, 247; 100 per cent, 355. Shoal Creek AT Iron City received 84.2 per cent, 283 of 336 scheduled reports, rank 642 of 1,019.WHERE IT RANKS IN TENNESSEE, Oct 16THIS ONE: 84.2%, 283 OF 336, RANK 642 OF 1,019PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9110 to 19820 to 292230 to 39640 to 497550 to 5911560 to 691870 to 797680 to 899690 to 99247100355STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Shoal Creek AT Iron City's rank in Tennessee by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 1 of 425; 2026-09-27 rank 1 of 425; 2026-09-28 rank 1 of 484; 2026-09-29 rank 114 of 498; 2026-09-30 rank 480 of 507; 2026-10-01 rank 471 of 513; 2026-10-02 rank 664 of 786; 2026-10-03 rank 664 of 786; 2026-10-04 rank 666 of 836; 2026-10-05 rank 639 of 970; 2026-10-06 rank 664 of 982; 2026-10-07 rank 658 of 1,021; 2026-10-08 rank 653 of 1,020; 2026-10-09 rank 652 of 1,001; 2026-10-10 rank 652 of 1,001; 2026-10-11 rank 650 of 1,003; 2026-10-12 rank 674 of 1,007; 2026-10-13 rank 662 of 1,014; 2026-10-14 rank 654 of 1,012; 2026-10-15 rank 657 of 1,012; 2026-10-16 rank 642 of 1,019.ITS RANK IN TENNESSEE, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600800Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%355
90 to 99%247
80 to 89%96
70 to 79%76
60 to 69%18
50 to 59%115
40 to 49%75
30 to 39%6
20 to 29%22
10 to 19%8
0 to 9%1
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 20266421,01984.2%
Oct 15, 20266571,01282.1%
Oct 14, 20266541,01280.6%
Oct 13, 20266621,01480.9%
Oct 12, 20266741,00776.7%
Oct 11, 20266501,00375.0%
Oct 10, 20266521,00172.6%
Oct 9, 20266521,00172.6%
Oct 8, 20266531,02077.0%
Oct 7, 20266581,02179.1%
Oct 6, 202666498278.5%
Oct 5, 202663997078.5%
Oct 4, 202666683675.8%
Oct 3, 202666478672.2%
Oct 2, 202666478672.2%
Oct 1, 202647151370.5%
Sep 30, 202648050767.9%
Sep 29, 2026114498100.0%
Sep 28, 20261484100.0%
Sep 27, 20261425100.0%
Sep 26, 20261425100.0%
Reports received at Shoal Creek AT Iron City, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012343 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Reports received at Shoal Creek AT Iron City, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16
Precipitation at Shoal Creek AT Iron City, precipitation from 0.00 to 1.07, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.501.001.50Sep 17Sep 22Sep 27Oct 2Oct 7Oct 12
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
DayPrecipitation in
Oct 150.00
Oct 140.00
Oct 130.00
Oct 120.00
Oct 110.01
Oct 101.07
Oct 90.00
Oct 80.00
Oct 70.00
Oct 60.00
Oct 50.00
Oct 40.00
Oct 30.40
Oct 20.06
Oct 10.00
Sep 300.00
Sep 290.00
Sep 280.00
Sep 270.00
Sep 260.00
Sep 250.00
Sep 240.00
Sep 230.00
Sep 220.19
Sep 210.00
Sep 200.00
Sep 190.00
Sep 180.00
Sep 170.00

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