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Identifier
WALT1
Latitude
35.78530 N
Longitude
83.62650 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 155 reports in 156 hours over the last seven days
Observed
7:15 PMCDT, 39 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

Pidgeo Forge 4W - Waldens Creek Report

Rank 584 of 1,015 in Tennessee, 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 score94.8of 100

Tennessee median
97.1the median score of 1,015 stations
Scoring higher
583stations in Tennessee
Sharing its score
45ranks 584 to 628
Points deducted
5.22.9 reports received, 1.2 arrival, 0.9 continuity, 0.2 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Tennessee median 100.0, 100.0, 98.4
Next above
IRCT1rank 583; ahead on 247 score 95.1 against 94.8
Next below
RKIT1rank 585; behind on reports received 91.6% against 85.7%

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 3591.732.1 of 35 pointsTennessee median 98.8154 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1088.08.8 of 10 pointsTennessee median 100.0half its reports arrived within 16 min
  3. Continuityweight 1091.19.1 of 10 pointsTennessee median 100.0longest silence 4 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 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 98.4-

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 :15
Reports received, 24 hours
22 of 2491.6% of its schedule, 23 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
155 of 16892.2% of its schedule, 184 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
29 of 30
Longest silence, 7 days
3 h 59 minfrom Oct 10, 6:15 PM
Latest report
Oct 15, 10:15 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
16 min9 in 10 within 18 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 1,015 ranked stations in Tennessee 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, 21; 20 to 29 per cent, 7; 30 to 39 per cent, 5; 40 to 49 per cent, 75; 50 to 59 per cent, 118; 60 to 69 per cent, 21; 70 to 79 per cent, 85; 80 to 89 per cent, 72; 90 to 99 per cent, 218; 100 per cent, 392. Pidgeo Forge 4W - Waldens Creek received 91.6 per cent, 154 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 584 of 1,015.WHERE IT RANKS IN TENNESSEE, Oct 17THIS ONE: 91.6%, 154 OF 168, RANK 584 OF 1,015PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9110 to 192120 to 29730 to 39540 to 497550 to 5911860 to 692170 to 798580 to 897290 to 99218100392STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Pidgeo Forge 4W - Waldens Creek's rank in Tennessee by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-17: 2026-09-26 rank 132 of 425; 2026-09-27 rank 134 of 425; 2026-09-28 rank 429 of 484; 2026-09-29 rank 434 of 498; 2026-09-30 rank 436 of 507; 2026-10-01 rank 425 of 513; 2026-10-02 rank 405 of 786; 2026-10-03 rank 405 of 786; 2026-10-04 rank 483 of 836; 2026-10-05 rank 476 of 970; 2026-10-06 rank 463 of 982; 2026-10-07 rank 472 of 1,021; 2026-10-08 rank 438 of 1,020; 2026-10-09 rank 423 of 1,001; 2026-10-10 rank 426 of 1,001; 2026-10-11 rank 458 of 1,003; 2026-10-12 rank 549 of 1,007; 2026-10-13 rank 562 of 1,014; 2026-10-14 rank 548 of 1,012; 2026-10-15 rank 558 of 1,012; 2026-10-16 rank 569 of 1,019; 2026-10-17 rank 584 of 1,015.ITS RANK IN TENNESSEE, 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%392
90 to 99%218
80 to 89%72
70 to 79%85
60 to 69%21
50 to 59%118
40 to 49%75
30 to 39%5
20 to 29%7
10 to 19%21
0 to 9%1
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 17, 20265841,01591.6%
Oct 16, 20265691,01992.2%
Oct 15, 20265581,01292.8%
Oct 14, 20265481,01292.8%
Oct 13, 20265621,01491.6%
Oct 12, 20265491,00792.2%
Oct 11, 20264581,00395.2%
Oct 10, 20264261,00194.0%
Oct 9, 20264231,00194.0%
Oct 8, 20264381,02094.6%
Oct 7, 20264721,02194.0%
Oct 6, 202646398295.8%
Oct 5, 202647697094.6%
Oct 4, 202648383694.6%
Oct 3, 202640578695.7%
Oct 2, 202640578695.7%
Oct 1, 202642551395.0%
Sep 30, 202643650795.7%
Sep 29, 202643449896.8%
Sep 28, 202642948497.1%
Sep 27, 2026134425100.0%
Sep 26, 2026132425100.0%
Reports received at Pidgeo Forge 4W - Waldens Creek, reports from 0.0 to 2.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports00.511.529 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Reports received at Pidgeo Forge 4W - Waldens Creek, reports from 0.0 to 6.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports0246Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16
Precipitation at Pidgeo Forge 4W - Waldens Creek, precipitation from 0.00 to 1.46, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.501.001.50Sep 18Sep 23Sep 28Oct 3Oct 8Oct 13
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
DayPrecipitation in
Oct 160.00
Oct 150.00
Oct 140.00
Oct 130.00
Oct 120.00
Oct 110.12
Oct 100.36
Oct 90.00
Oct 80.00
Oct 70.00
Oct 60.00
Oct 50.00
Oct 40.00
Oct 31.46
Oct 20.00
Oct 10.00
Sep 300.00
Sep 290.00
Sep 280.00
Sep 270.00
Sep 260.00
Sep 250.00
Sep 240.04
Sep 230.52
Sep 220.12
Sep 210.00
Sep 200.00
Sep 190.00
Sep 180.08

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