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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
IRDT2
Latitude
27.48000 N
Longitude
97.32200 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 828 reports in 168 hours over the last seven days
Observed
8:30 PMCDT, 45 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

South Bird Island TX - 8776139 Report

Rank 2,198 of 4,729 in Texas, Oct 18. 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 score96.2of 100

Texas median
95.0the median score of 4,729 stations
Scoring higher
2,160stations in Texas
Sharing its score
42ranks 2,161 to 2,202
Points deducted
3.83.4 arrival, 0.5 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
TXPT2rank 2,197; ahead on reports received 98.8% against 98.6%
Next below
SYMT2rank 2,200; behind on reports received 98.6% against 97.0%
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 3598.734.5 of 35 pointsTexas median 96.0829 of 840 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1066.36.6 of 10 pointsTexas median 92.0half its reports arrived within 27 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsTexas median 100.0longest silence 34 min, on a schedule of one report every 12 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 (36 min), none for 72 (14.4 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 6 min
Reports received, 24 hours
240 of 240100% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
1,679 of 1,68099.9% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
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Longest silence, 7 days
21 minfrom Oct 17, 8:54 PM
Latest report
Oct 17, 8:54 PMlocal 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: 829 of 840 scheduled reports received, 98.6%.

Its schedule is one report every 6 min, 240 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 6 min count as one received.

Chart of the 4,729 ranked stations in Texas on Oct 18 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, 35; 10 to 19 per cent, 87; 20 to 29 per cent, 130; 30 to 39 per cent, 90; 40 to 49 per cent, 312; 50 to 59 per cent, 483; 60 to 69 per cent, 135; 70 to 79 per cent, 452; 80 to 89 per cent, 541; 90 to 99 per cent, 1,224; 100 per cent, 1,240. South Bird Island TX - 8776139 received 98.6 per cent, 829 of 840 scheduled reports, rank 2,198 of 4,729.WHERE IT RANKS IN TEXAS, Oct 18THIS ONE: 98.6%, 829 OF 840, RANK 2,198 OF 4,729PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101001,0000 to 93510 to 198720 to 2913030 to 399040 to 4931250 to 5948360 to 6913570 to 7945280 to 8954190 to 991,2241001,240STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of South Bird Island TX - 8776139's rank in Texas by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-18: 2026-09-26 rank 1,577 of 2,414; 2026-09-27 rank 1,310 of 2,290; 2026-09-28 rank 1,377 of 2,493; 2026-09-29 rank 1,314 of 2,525; 2026-09-30 rank 1,209 of 2,538; 2026-10-01 rank 1,289 of 2,546; 2026-10-02 rank 2,670 of 3,938; 2026-10-03 rank 2,668 of 3,938; 2026-10-04 rank 2,781 of 4,210; 2026-10-05 rank 2,591 of 4,757; 2026-10-06 rank 2,093 of 4,690; 2026-10-07 rank 2,007 of 5,124; 2026-10-08 rank 2,284 of 5,212; 2026-10-09 rank 2,194 of 4,902; 2026-10-10 rank 2,191 of 4,904; 2026-10-11 rank 2,140 of 4,764; 2026-10-12 rank 2,262 of 4,698; 2026-10-13 rank 2,590 of 4,666; 2026-10-14 rank 2,598 of 4,656; 2026-10-15 rank 2,380 of 4,658; 2026-10-16 rank 2,374 of 4,689; 2026-10-17 rank 2,239 of 4,734; 2026-10-18 rank 2,198 of 4,729.ITS RANK IN TEXAS, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP11,0002,0003,000Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16Oct 18
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%1,240
90 to 99%1,224
80 to 89%541
70 to 79%452
60 to 69%135
50 to 59%483
40 to 49%312
30 to 39%90
20 to 29%130
10 to 19%87
0 to 9%35
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 18, 20262,1984,72998.6%
Oct 17, 20262,2394,73498.5%
Oct 16, 20262,3744,68998.4%
Oct 15, 20262,3804,65898.4%
Oct 14, 20262,5984,65697.7%
Oct 13, 20262,5904,66697.7%
Oct 12, 20262,2624,69897.6%
Oct 11, 20262,1404,76497.8%
Oct 10, 20262,1914,90497.7%
Oct 9, 20262,1944,90297.7%
Oct 8, 20262,2845,21297.7%
Oct 7, 20262,0075,12498.5%
Oct 6, 20262,0934,69098.5%
Oct 5, 20262,5914,75798.6%
Oct 4, 20262,7814,21098.6%
Oct 3, 20262,6683,93898.7%
Oct 2, 20262,6703,93898.7%
Oct 1, 20261,2892,54698.5%
Sep 30, 20261,2092,53899.4%
Sep 29, 20261,3142,52599.3%
Sep 28, 20261,3772,49399.1%
Sep 27, 20261,3102,29098.7%
Sep 26, 20261,5772,41497.4%
Reports received at South Bird Island TX - 8776139, reports from 0.0 to 10.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports02.557.510Oct 173 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Reports received at South Bird Island TX - 8776139, reports from 0.0 to 10.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports02.557.510Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16Sat 17

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