Storm Station
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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
PPWT2
Latitude
32.65361 N
Longitude
98.12917 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 165 reports in 158 hours over the last seven days
Observed
2:00 AMCDT, 33 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

Brazos 1SW - Palo Pinto Creek Report

Rank 1,640 of 4,734 in Texas, Oct 17. 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 score97.6of 100

Texas median
95.2the median score of 4,734 stations
Scoring higher
1,610stations in Texas
Sharing its score
139ranks 1,611 to 1,749
Points deducted
2.41.8 arrival, 0.6 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
WFDT2rank 1,639; ahead on median arrival 18 min 51 s against 18 min 59 s
Next below
BVST2rank 1,654; behind on median arrival 18 min 59 s against 19 min
Sharing its rank
13other 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 3598.234.4 of 35 pointsTexas median 96.9165 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1082.08.2 of 10 pointsTexas median 91.9half 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
165 of 16898.2% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 10, 8:00 PM
Latest report
Oct 17, 2:00 AMlocal 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 4,734 ranked stations in Texas on Oct 17 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, 121; 20 to 29 per cent, 96; 30 to 39 per cent, 88; 40 to 49 per cent, 322; 50 to 59 per cent, 463; 60 to 69 per cent, 141; 70 to 79 per cent, 422; 80 to 89 per cent, 541; 90 to 99 per cent, 1,244; 100 per cent, 1,261. Brazos 1SW - Palo Pinto Creek received 98.2 per cent, 165 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 1,640 of 4,734.WHERE IT RANKS IN TEXAS, Oct 17THIS ONE: 98.2%, 165 OF 168, RANK 1,640 OF 4,734PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101001,0000 to 93510 to 1912120 to 299630 to 398840 to 4932250 to 5946360 to 6914170 to 7942280 to 8954190 to 991,2441001,261STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Brazos 1SW - Palo Pinto Creek's rank in Texas by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-17: 2026-09-26 rank 1,645 of 2,414; 2026-09-27 rank 1,586 of 2,290; 2026-09-28 rank 1,671 of 2,493; 2026-09-29 rank 1,645 of 2,525; 2026-09-30 rank 1,609 of 2,538; 2026-10-01 rank 1,666 of 2,546; 2026-10-02 rank 2,451 of 3,938; 2026-10-03 rank 2,448 of 3,938; 2026-10-04 rank 2,547 of 4,210; 2026-10-05 rank 2,307 of 4,757; 2026-10-06 rank 1,768 of 4,690; 2026-10-07 rank 1,576 of 5,124; 2026-10-08 rank 1,535 of 5,212; 2026-10-09 rank 1,390 of 4,902; 2026-10-10 rank 1,392 of 4,904; 2026-10-11 rank 1,325 of 4,764; 2026-10-12 rank 1,454 of 4,698; 2026-10-13 rank 1,790 of 4,666; 2026-10-14 rank 1,732 of 4,656; 2026-10-15 rank 1,723 of 4,658; 2026-10-16 rank 1,590 of 4,689; 2026-10-17 rank 1,640 of 4,734.ITS RANK IN TEXAS, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP11,0002,0003,000Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16Oct 17
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%1,261
90 to 99%1,244
80 to 89%541
70 to 79%422
60 to 69%141
50 to 59%463
40 to 49%322
30 to 39%88
20 to 29%96
10 to 19%121
0 to 9%35
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 17, 20261,6404,73498.2%
Oct 16, 20261,5904,68998.2%
Oct 15, 20261,7234,65898.2%
Oct 14, 20261,7324,65697.0%
Oct 13, 20261,7904,66696.4%
Oct 12, 20261,4544,69896.4%
Oct 11, 20261,3254,76497.0%
Oct 10, 20261,3924,90497.0%
Oct 9, 20261,3904,90297.0%
Oct 8, 20261,5355,21295.8%
Oct 7, 20261,5765,12497.0%
Oct 6, 20261,7684,69096.4%
Oct 5, 20262,3074,75795.8%
Oct 4, 20262,5474,21095.2%
Oct 3, 20262,4483,93894.5%
Oct 2, 20262,4513,93894.5%
Oct 1, 20261,6662,54694.3%
Sep 30, 20261,6092,53894.9%
Sep 29, 20261,6452,52593.6%
Sep 28, 20261,6712,49394.2%
Sep 27, 20261,5862,29093.4%
Sep 26, 20261,6452,41495.6%
Reports received at Brazos 1SW - Palo Pinto Creek, reports from 1.0 to 4.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012343 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 17
Reports received at Brazos 1SW - Palo Pinto Creek, 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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