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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
BAMT2
Latitude
31.74920 N
Longitude
99.94750 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 167 reports in 168 hours over the last seven days
Observed
12:30 AMCDT, 58 minutes ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 463 instruments in Texas stand at one.

Station charts

Elm Creek AT Ballinger Report

Rank 1,351 of 4,689 in Texas, 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 score98.1of 100

Texas median
95.4the median score of 4,689 stations
Scoring higher
1,323stations in Texas
Sharing its score
68ranks 1,324 to 1,391
Points deducted
1.91.7 arrival, 0.2 reports received
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Texas median 100.0, 100.0, 100.0
Next above
WBAT2rank 1,347; ahead on median arrival 18 min 19 s against 18 min 20 s
Next below
HGBT2rank 1,358; behind on median arrival 18 min 20 s against 18 min 32 s
Sharing its rank
6other 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 pointsTexas median 97.5167 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1083.38.3 of 10 pointsTexas median 92.0half its reports arrived within 18 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsTexas 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 medianTexas median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianTexas median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-10.0 of 10 points, at the medianTexas 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 :30
Reports received, 24 hours
24 of 24100% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
167 of 16899.4% of its schedule, 169 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 10, 9:30 AM
Latest report
Oct 16, 12:30 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
18 min9 in 10 within 19 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 4,689 ranked stations in Texas 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, 33; 10 to 19 per cent, 70; 20 to 29 per cent, 146; 30 to 39 per cent, 87; 40 to 49 per cent, 298; 50 to 59 per cent, 481; 60 to 69 per cent, 129; 70 to 79 per cent, 424; 80 to 89 per cent, 399; 90 to 99 per cent, 1,390; 100 per cent, 1,232. Elm Creek AT Ballinger received 99.4 per cent, 167 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 1,351 of 4,689.WHERE IT RANKS IN TEXAS, Oct 16THIS ONE: 99.4%, 167 OF 168, RANK 1,351 OF 4,689PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101001,0000 to 93310 to 197020 to 2914630 to 398740 to 4929850 to 5948160 to 6912970 to 7942480 to 8939990 to 991,3901001,232STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Elm Creek AT Ballinger's rank in Texas by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 759 of 2,414; 2026-09-27 rank 288 of 2,290; 2026-09-28 rank 277 of 2,493; 2026-09-29 rank 294 of 2,525; 2026-09-30 rank 229 of 2,538; 2026-10-01 rank 130 of 2,546; 2026-10-02 rank 1,369 of 3,938; 2026-10-03 rank 1,365 of 3,938; 2026-10-04 rank 1,956 of 4,210; 2026-10-05 rank 1,771 of 4,757; 2026-10-06 rank 1,330 of 4,690; 2026-10-07 rank 1,239 of 5,124; 2026-10-08 rank 1,112 of 5,212; 2026-10-09 rank 980 of 4,902; 2026-10-10 rank 971 of 4,904; 2026-10-11 rank 1,063 of 4,764; 2026-10-12 rank 1,081 of 4,698; 2026-10-13 rank 1,281 of 4,666; 2026-10-14 rank 1,235 of 4,656; 2026-10-15 rank 1,357 of 4,658; 2026-10-16 rank 1,351 of 4,689.ITS RANK IN TEXAS, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP15001,0001,5002,000Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%1,232
90 to 99%1,390
80 to 89%399
70 to 79%424
60 to 69%129
50 to 59%481
40 to 49%298
30 to 39%87
20 to 29%146
10 to 19%70
0 to 9%33
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 20261,3514,68999.4%
Oct 15, 20261,3574,65899.4%
Oct 14, 20261,2354,65698.8%
Oct 13, 20261,2814,66698.8%
Oct 12, 20261,0814,69898.8%
Oct 11, 20261,0634,76498.8%
Oct 10, 20269714,90499.4%
Oct 9, 20269804,90299.4%
Oct 8, 20261,1125,21298.8%
Oct 7, 20261,2395,12499.4%
Oct 6, 20261,3304,69099.4%
Oct 5, 20261,7714,75799.4%
Oct 4, 20261,9564,21099.4%
Oct 3, 20261,3653,93899.3%
Oct 2, 20261,3693,93899.3%
Oct 1, 20261302,546100.0%
Sep 30, 20262292,538100.0%
Sep 29, 20262942,525100.0%
Sep 28, 20262772,493100.0%
Sep 27, 20262882,290100.0%
Sep 26, 20267592,414100.0%
Reports received at Elm Creek AT Ballinger, 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 Elm Creek AT Ballinger, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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