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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
NFLT2
Latitude
26.12778 N
Longitude
97.93417 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 166 reports in 158 hours over the last seven days
Observed
8:00 AMCDT, 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

Mercedes - North Floodway Report

Rank 1,532 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 score97.8of 100

Texas median
95.0the median score of 4,729 stations
Scoring higher
1,504stations in Texas
Sharing its score
56ranks 1,505 to 1,560
Points deducted
2.21.8 arrival, 0.4 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
WEET2rank 1,522; ahead on median arrival 18 min 52 s against 18 min 53 s
Next below
GBHT2rank 1,549; behind on median arrival 18 min 53 s against 19 min
Sharing its rank
16other 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 3598.834.6 of 35 pointsTexas median 96.0166 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1082.28.2 of 10 pointsTexas median 92.0half its reports arrived within 19 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 :00
Reports received, 24 hours
24 of 24100% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
166 of 16898.8% of its schedule, 168 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 12, 10:00 AM
Latest report
Oct 17, 4:00 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
19 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 hour, 24 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same hour 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. Mercedes - North Floodway received 98.8 per cent, 166 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 1,532 of 4,729.WHERE IT RANKS IN TEXAS, Oct 18THIS ONE: 98.8%, 166 OF 168, RANK 1,532 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 Mercedes - North Floodway's rank in Texas by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-18: 2026-09-26 rank 1,077 of 2,414; 2026-09-27 rank 998 of 2,290; 2026-09-28 rank 956 of 2,493; 2026-09-29 rank 1,424 of 2,525; 2026-09-30 rank 1,312 of 2,538; 2026-10-01 rank 1,347 of 2,546; 2026-10-02 rank 1,956 of 3,938; 2026-10-03 rank 1,963 of 3,938; 2026-10-04 rank 2,140 of 4,210; 2026-10-05 rank 2,015 of 4,757; 2026-10-06 rank 1,507 of 4,690; 2026-10-07 rank 1,458 of 5,124; 2026-10-08 rank 1,381 of 5,212; 2026-10-09 rank 1,402 of 4,902; 2026-10-10 rank 1,406 of 4,904; 2026-10-11 rank 1,339 of 4,764; 2026-10-12 rank 1,302 of 4,698; 2026-10-13 rank 1,726 of 4,666; 2026-10-14 rank 1,611 of 4,656; 2026-10-15 rank 1,636 of 4,658; 2026-10-16 rank 1,692 of 4,689; 2026-10-17 rank 1,537 of 4,734; 2026-10-18 rank 1,532 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, 20261,5324,72998.8%
Oct 17, 20261,5374,73498.8%
Oct 16, 20261,6924,68998.2%
Oct 15, 20261,6364,65898.8%
Oct 14, 20261,6114,65697.6%
Oct 13, 20261,7264,66697.0%
Oct 12, 20261,3024,69897.6%
Oct 11, 20261,3394,76497.0%
Oct 10, 20261,4064,90497.0%
Oct 9, 20261,4024,90297.0%
Oct 8, 20261,3815,21297.0%
Oct 7, 20261,4585,12498.2%
Oct 6, 20261,5074,69098.8%
Oct 5, 20262,0154,75798.2%
Oct 4, 20262,1404,21098.8%
Oct 3, 20261,9633,93898.7%
Oct 2, 20261,9563,93898.7%
Oct 1, 20261,3472,54698.5%
Sep 30, 20261,3122,53899.1%
Sep 29, 20261,4242,52598.9%
Sep 28, 20269562,493100.0%
Sep 27, 20269982,290100.0%
Sep 26, 20261,0772,414100.0%
Reports received at Mercedes - North Floodway, reports from 1.0 to 4.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012346 PM9 PMOct 173 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM
Reports received at Mercedes - North Floodway, reports from 1.0 to 4.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16Sat 17

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