Storm Station
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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
OCAT2
Latitude
30.10390 N
Longitude
93.82300 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 728 reports in 169 hours over the last seven days
Observed
11:59 PMCDT, 30 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

Westlawn 1SE - Hwy62 Drainage Canal Report

Rank 3,301 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 score87.0of 100

Texas median
95.4the median score of 4,689 stations
Scoring higher
3,298stations in Texas
Sharing its score
6ranks 3,299 to 3,304
Points deducted
13.09.7 reports received, 2.4 continuity, 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
PVWrank 3,300; ahead on reports received 88.6% against 72.2%
Next below
08194840rank 3,302; behind on reports received 72.2% against 72.0%

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 3572.225.3 of 35 pointsTexas median 97.5728 of 1,008 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1092.09.2 of 10 pointsTexas median 92.0half its reports arrived within 14 min
  3. Continuityweight 1075.77.6 of 10 pointsTexas median 100.0longest silence 65 min, on a schedule of one report every 10 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 (30 min), none for 72 (12 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 10 min
Reports received, 24 hours
98 of 14468.0% of its schedule, 113 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
731 of 1,00872.5% of its schedule, 823 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
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Longest silence, 7 days
45 minfrom Oct 13, 12:00 PM
Latest report
Oct 16, 12:20 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
14 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 10 min, 144 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 10 min 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. Westlawn 1SE - Hwy62 Drainage Canal received 72.2 per cent, 728 of 1,008 scheduled reports, rank 3,301 of 4,689.WHERE IT RANKS IN TEXAS, Oct 16THIS ONE: 72.2%, 728 OF 1,008, RANK 3,301 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 Westlawn 1SE - Hwy62 Drainage Canal's rank in Texas by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 1,724 of 2,414; 2026-09-27 rank 1,559 of 2,290; 2026-09-28 rank 1,962 of 2,493; 2026-09-29 rank 1,946 of 2,525; 2026-09-30 rank 1,930 of 2,538; 2026-10-01 rank 1,751 of 2,546; 2026-10-02 rank 3,209 of 3,938; 2026-10-03 rank 3,184 of 3,938; 2026-10-04 rank 3,386 of 4,210; 2026-10-05 rank 3,500 of 4,757; 2026-10-06 rank 3,186 of 4,690; 2026-10-07 rank 3,102 of 5,124; 2026-10-08 rank 2,932 of 5,212; 2026-10-09 rank 2,725 of 4,902; 2026-10-10 rank 2,727 of 4,904; 2026-10-11 rank 3,028 of 4,764; 2026-10-12 rank 3,160 of 4,698; 2026-10-13 rank 3,202 of 4,666; 2026-10-14 rank 3,259 of 4,656; 2026-10-15 rank 3,278 of 4,658; 2026-10-16 rank 3,301 of 4,689.ITS RANK IN TEXAS, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP11,0002,0003,0004,000Sep 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, 20263,3014,68972.2%
Oct 15, 20263,2784,65872.8%
Oct 14, 20263,2594,65672.9%
Oct 13, 20263,2024,66672.1%
Oct 12, 20263,1604,69872.3%
Oct 11, 20263,0284,76472.3%
Oct 10, 20262,7274,90471.4%
Oct 9, 20262,7254,90271.5%
Oct 8, 20262,9325,21271.4%
Oct 7, 20263,1025,12471.2%
Oct 6, 20263,1864,69071.4%
Oct 5, 20263,5004,75772.2%
Oct 4, 20263,3864,21072.7%
Oct 3, 20263,1843,93874.1%
Oct 2, 20263,2093,93874.1%
Oct 1, 20261,7512,54686.5%
Sep 30, 20261,9302,53875.7%
Sep 29, 20261,9462,52577.4%
Sep 28, 20261,9622,49379.0%
Sep 27, 20261,5592,29094.6%
Sep 26, 20261,7242,41494.2%
Reports received at Westlawn 1SE - Hwy62 Drainage Canal, reports from 2.0 to 6.0, the latest 2.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports02463 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Reports received at Westlawn 1SE - Hwy62 Drainage Canal, reports from 2.0 to 7.0, the latest 2.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports02468Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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