Storm Station
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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
WCBT2
Latitude
29.11080 N
Longitude
95.60560 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 294 reports in 168 hours over the last seven days
Observed
12:50 AMCDT, 37 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 River 1.5 E West Columbia Report

Rank 3,277 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 score87.4of 100

Texas median
95.4the median score of 4,689 stations
Scoring higher
3,276stations in Texas
Sharing its score
3ranks 3,277 to 3,279
Points deducted
12.69.5 reports received, 1.7 arrival, 1.5 continuity
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Texas median 100.0, 100.0, 100.0
Next above
JYZT2rank 3,276; ahead on 247 score 87.5 against 87.4
Next below
BCCT2rank 3,278; behind on reports received 72.9% against 68.8%

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 3573.025.6 of 35 pointsTexas median 97.5294 of 403 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1082.98.3 of 10 pointsTexas median 92.0half its reports arrived within 19 min
  3. Continuityweight 1085.28.5 of 10 pointsTexas median 100.0longest silence 2 h, on a schedule of one report every 25 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 (75 min), none for 72 (30 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 20 min
Reports received, 24 hours
46 of 7263.8% of its schedule, 62 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
307 of 50460.9% of its schedule, 367 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
18 of 30
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 9, 11:30 AM
Latest report
Oct 15, 8:55 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
19 min9 in 10 within 28 min

From Storm Station's own record of every report it heard from this station.

Its schedule is one report every 20 min, 72 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 20 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. Brazos River 1.5 E West Columbia received 72.9 per cent, 294 of 403 scheduled reports, rank 3,277 of 4,689.WHERE IT RANKS IN TEXAS, Oct 16THIS ONE: 72.9%, 294 OF 403, RANK 3,277 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 Brazos River 1.5 E West Columbia's rank in Texas by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 2,003 of 2,414; 2026-09-27 rank 1,916 of 2,290; 2026-09-28 rank 2,034 of 2,493; 2026-09-29 rank 1,977 of 2,525; 2026-09-30 rank 2,043 of 2,538; 2026-10-01 rank 2,000 of 2,546; 2026-10-02 rank 3,164 of 3,938; 2026-10-03 rank 3,162 of 3,938; 2026-10-04 rank 3,439 of 4,210; 2026-10-05 rank 3,496 of 4,757; 2026-10-06 rank 3,149 of 4,690; 2026-10-07 rank 3,087 of 5,124; 2026-10-08 rank 3,294 of 5,212; 2026-10-09 rank 2,619 of 4,902; 2026-10-10 rank 2,632 of 4,904; 2026-10-11 rank 2,949 of 4,764; 2026-10-12 rank 3,066 of 4,698; 2026-10-13 rank 3,190 of 4,666; 2026-10-14 rank 3,306 of 4,656; 2026-10-15 rank 3,312 of 4,658; 2026-10-16 rank 3,277 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, 20263,2774,68972.9%
Oct 15, 20263,3124,65871.2%
Oct 14, 20263,3064,65669.7%
Oct 13, 20263,1904,66671.7%
Oct 12, 20263,0664,69873.2%
Oct 11, 20262,9494,76473.2%
Oct 10, 20262,6324,90473.6%
Oct 9, 20262,6194,90273.6%
Oct 8, 20263,2945,21263.4%
Oct 7, 20263,0875,12466.4%
Oct 6, 20263,1494,69067.6%
Oct 5, 20263,4964,75767.0%
Oct 4, 20263,4394,21064.6%
Oct 3, 20263,1623,93870.6%
Oct 2, 20263,1643,93870.7%
Oct 1, 20262,0002,54673.5%
Sep 30, 20262,0432,53871.6%
Sep 29, 20261,9772,52573.5%
Sep 28, 20262,0342,49371.0%
Sep 27, 20261,9162,29068.7%
Sep 26, 20262,0032,41469.6%
Reports received at Brazos River 1.5 E West Columbia, reports from 0.0 to 8.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports024683 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Reports received at Brazos River 1.5 E West Columbia, reports from 0.0 to 9.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports02.557.510Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16
Precipitation at Brazos River 1.5 E West Columbia, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.24, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.100.200.30Sep 17Sep 22Sep 27Oct 2Oct 7Oct 12
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
DayPrecipitation in
Oct 150.00
Oct 140.00
Oct 120.00
Oct 110.00
Oct 30.00
Oct 20.12
Oct 10.08
Sep 300.24
Sep 290.00
Sep 280.00
Sep 270.00
Sep 260.00
Sep 250.04
Sep 220.00
Sep 210.12
Sep 190.00
Sep 180.08
Sep 170.16

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