Weather/Texas/Instruments/CRTT2
Little Elkhart Creek AT Houston County Lake
At a river or reservoir gauge in Van Zandt County, TexasAt a river or reservoir gauge
DCP network, identified by the register
- Identifier
- CRTT2
- Latitude
- 31.40667 N
- Longitude
- 95.60167 W
- Elevation
- -
- Listed
- Automatically, on 159 reports in 160 hours over the last seven days
- Observed
- 1:15 AMCDT, 1 hour ago
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Little Elkhart Creek AT Houston County Lake Report
Rank 1,822 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 score97.3of 100
- Texas median
- 95.4the median score of 4,689 stations
- Scoring higher
- 1,802stations in Texas
- Sharing its score
- 28ranks 1,803 to 1,830
- Points deducted
- 2.71.9 reports received, 0.8 arrival
- Counted at the median
- Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Texas median 100.0, 100.0, 100.0
- Next above
- MQMT2rank 1,821; ahead on median arrival 13 min 52 s against 13 min 53 s
- Next below
- ELPrank 1,831; behind on 247 score 97.3 against 97.2
- Sharing its rank
- 8other 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.
- Reports receivedweight 3594.633.1 of 35 pointsTexas median 97.5159 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
- Arrivalweight 1092.29.2 of 10 pointsTexas median 92.0half its reports arrived within 14 min
- Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsTexas median 100.0longest silence 3 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
- Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianTexas median 100.0-
- Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianTexas median 100.0-
- 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 15 minon the hour's :00, :15, :30 and :45
- Reports received, 24 hours
- 95 of 9698.9% of its schedule
- Reports received, 7 days
- 643 of 67295.6% of its schedule
- Days reported, 30 days
- -
- Longest silence, 7 days
- 2 h 15 minfrom Oct 9, 7:15 PM
- Latest report
- Oct 16, 1:15 AMlocal time
The reports received are counted from the network's own archive of this station's reports. Its 247 rank is counted from Storm Station's own record, which holds less than 7 days of it so far: 159 of 168 scheduled reports received, 94.6%.
Its schedule is one report every 15 min, 96 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 15 min count as one received.
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
| Share of scheduled reports received | Stations |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Day | Rank | Stations ranked | Share received |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2026 | 1,822 | 4,689 | 94.6% |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 2,060 | 4,658 | 92.8% |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 1,851 | 4,656 | 92.8% |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 1,803 | 4,666 | 93.4% |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 1,273 | 4,698 | 95.2% |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 1,149 | 4,764 | 95.8% |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 947 | 4,904 | 97.0% |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 949 | 4,902 | 97.0% |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 915 | 5,212 | 98.2% |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 1,039 | 5,124 | 98.2% |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 1,025 | 4,690 | 98.8% |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 1,244 | 4,757 | 98.8% |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 1,515 | 4,210 | 98.2% |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1,302 | 3,938 | 98.1% |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1,304 | 3,938 | 98.1% |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 962 | 2,546 | 99.2% |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 1,249 | 2,538 | 99.1% |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 1,349 | 2,525 | 98.9% |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 1,471 | 2,493 | 98.5% |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 1,416 | 2,290 | 97.8% |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 855 | 2,414 | 100.0% |