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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
FOTV2
Latitude
37.31670 N
Longitude
80.16670 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 514 reports in 158 hours over the last seven days
Observed
1:00 AMEDT, 29 minutes ago
Precipitation this hour
0in

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 98 instruments in Virginia stand at one.

Station charts

LID-1117 Fort Lewis Mtn-Roanoke Co Report

Rank 1,154 of 1,541 in Virginia, 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 score86.3of 100

Virginia median
95.9the median score of 1,541 stations
Scoring higher
1,153stations in Virginia
Sharing its score
2ranks 1,154 to 1,155
Points deducted
13.78.2 reports received, 3.5 continuity, 1.7 arrival, 0.4 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Virginia median 100.0, 100.0, 96.5
Next above
VA-MN-53rank 1,153; ahead on 247 score 86.4 against 86.3
Next below
CW0609rank 1,155; behind on reports received 76.4% against 64.8%

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 3576.526.8 of 35 pointsVirginia median 97.9514 of 672 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1083.48.3 of 10 pointsVirginia median 92.7half its reports arrived within 18 min
  3. Continuityweight 1065.46.5 of 10 pointsVirginia median 100.0longest silence 2.3 h, on a schedule of one report every 15 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianVirginia median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianVirginia median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.7 of 10 points, at the medianVirginia median 96.5-

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 (45 min), none for 72 (18 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 15 minon the hour's :00, :15, :30 and :45
Reports received, 24 hours
92 of 9695.8% of its schedule, 93 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
519 of 67277.2% of its schedule
Longest silence, 7 days
2 h 15 minfrom Oct 14, 3:45 PM
Latest report
Oct 16, 1:00 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
18 min9 in 10 within 2 h 24 min

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

Its schedule is one report every 15 min, 96 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 15 min count as one received.

Chart of the 1,541 ranked stations in Virginia 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, 5; 10 to 19 per cent, 17; 20 to 29 per cent, 48; 30 to 39 per cent, 6; 40 to 49 per cent, 81; 50 to 59 per cent, 182; 60 to 69 per cent, 29; 70 to 79 per cent, 130; 80 to 89 per cent, 138; 90 to 99 per cent, 543; 100 per cent, 362. LID-1117 Fort Lewis Mtn-Roanoke Co received 76.4 per cent, 514 of 672 scheduled reports, rank 1,154 of 1,541.WHERE IT RANKS IN VIRGINIA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 76.4%, 514 OF 672, RANK 1,154 OF 1,541PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9510 to 191720 to 294830 to 39640 to 498150 to 5918260 to 692970 to 7913080 to 8913890 to 99543100362STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of LID-1117 Fort Lewis Mtn-Roanoke Co's rank in Virginia by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 85 of 729; 2026-09-27 rank 92 of 733; 2026-09-28 rank 84 of 807; 2026-09-29 rank 90 of 818; 2026-09-30 rank 123 of 818; 2026-10-01 rank 669 of 820; 2026-10-02 rank 1,035 of 1,140; 2026-10-03 rank 1,035 of 1,140; 2026-10-04 rank 1,083 of 1,183; 2026-10-05 rank 1,170 of 1,415; 2026-10-06 rank 1,222 of 1,444; 2026-10-07 rank 1,252 of 1,526; 2026-10-08 rank 1,314 of 1,534; 2026-10-09 rank 1,188 of 1,529; 2026-10-10 rank 1,184 of 1,530; 2026-10-11 rank 1,178 of 1,520; 2026-10-12 rank 1,211 of 1,532; 2026-10-13 rank 1,211 of 1,536; 2026-10-14 rank 1,270 of 1,537; 2026-10-15 rank 1,235 of 1,532; 2026-10-16 rank 1,154 of 1,541.ITS RANK IN VIRGINIA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP15001,0001,500Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%362
90 to 99%543
80 to 89%138
70 to 79%130
60 to 69%29
50 to 59%182
40 to 49%81
30 to 39%6
20 to 29%48
10 to 19%17
0 to 9%5
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 20261,1541,54176.4%
Oct 15, 20261,2351,53271.2%
Oct 14, 20261,2701,53772.1%
Oct 13, 20261,2111,53673.8%
Oct 12, 20261,2111,53273.5%
Oct 11, 20261,1781,52073.5%
Oct 10, 20261,1841,53073.3%
Oct 9, 20261,1881,52972.9%
Oct 8, 20261,3141,53466.3%
Oct 7, 20261,2521,52673.3%
Oct 6, 20261,2221,44479.6%
Oct 5, 20261,1701,41583.7%
Oct 4, 20261,0831,18383.9%
Oct 3, 20261,0351,14084.0%
Oct 2, 20261,0351,14084.2%
Oct 1, 202666982092.2%
Sep 30, 2026123818100.0%
Sep 29, 202690818100.0%
Sep 28, 202684807100.0%
Sep 27, 202692733100.0%
Sep 26, 202685729100.0%
Reports received at LID-1117 Fort Lewis Mtn-Roanoke Co, reports from 2.0 to 4.0, the latest 2.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012343 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
HourPrecipitation inReports
Fri 16, 1 AM0.002
Fri 16, 12 AM0.003
Reports received at LID-1117 Fort Lewis Mtn-Roanoke Co, reports from 2.0 to 4.0, the latest 2.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
HourPrecipitation inReports
Fri 16, 1 AM0.002
Fri 16, 12 AM0.003

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