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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
MURV2
Latitude
37.74530 N
Longitude
79.52670 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 667 reports in 169 hours over the last seven days
Observed
3:15 AMEDT, 19 minutes ago

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

Lexington - Buffalo Creek Report

Rank 458 of 1,554 in Virginia, 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 score98.1of 100

Virginia median
95.9the median score of 1,554 stations
Scoring higher
453stations in Virginia
Sharing its score
30ranks 454 to 483
Points deducted
1.91.2 arrival, 0.4 forecast check, 0.2 reports received
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Virginia median 100.0, 100.0, 95.7
Next above
GLEV2rank 457; ahead on reports received 99.4% against 99.2%
Next below
DRIV2rank 464; behind on median arrival 15 min 54 s against 15 min 55 s
Sharing its rank
5other 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 3599.334.8 of 35 pointsVirginia median 97.6667 of 672 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1088.28.8 of 10 pointsVirginia median 92.7half its reports arrived within 16 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsVirginia median 100.0longest silence 30 min, 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 10-9.6 of 10 points, at the medianVirginia median 95.7-

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
96 of 96100% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
667 of 67299.2% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
30 minfrom Oct 10, 10:30 PM
Latest report
Oct 17, 3:15 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
16 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 15 min, 96 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 15 min count as one received.

Chart of the 1,554 ranked stations in Virginia 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, 4; 10 to 19 per cent, 46; 20 to 29 per cent, 17; 30 to 39 per cent, 7; 40 to 49 per cent, 85; 50 to 59 per cent, 177; 60 to 69 per cent, 37; 70 to 79 per cent, 120; 80 to 89 per cent, 158; 90 to 99 per cent, 521; 100 per cent, 382. Lexington - Buffalo Creek received 99.2 per cent, 667 of 672 scheduled reports, rank 458 of 1,554.WHERE IT RANKS IN VIRGINIA, Oct 17THIS ONE: 99.2%, 667 OF 672, RANK 458 OF 1,554PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9410 to 194620 to 291730 to 39740 to 498550 to 5917760 to 693770 to 7912080 to 8915890 to 99521100382STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Lexington - Buffalo Creek's rank in Virginia by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-17: 2026-09-26 rank 143 of 729; 2026-09-27 rank 143 of 733; 2026-09-28 rank 125 of 807; 2026-09-29 rank 135 of 818; 2026-09-30 rank 164 of 818; 2026-10-01 rank 313 of 820; 2026-10-02 rank 551 of 1,140; 2026-10-03 rank 551 of 1,140; 2026-10-04 rank 801 of 1,183; 2026-10-05 rank 815 of 1,415; 2026-10-06 rank 812 of 1,444; 2026-10-07 rank 783 of 1,526; 2026-10-08 rank 755 of 1,534; 2026-10-09 rank 759 of 1,529; 2026-10-10 rank 736 of 1,530; 2026-10-11 rank 464 of 1,520; 2026-10-12 rank 481 of 1,532; 2026-10-13 rank 537 of 1,536; 2026-10-14 rank 597 of 1,537; 2026-10-15 rank 451 of 1,532; 2026-10-16 rank 450 of 1,541; 2026-10-17 rank 458 of 1,554.ITS RANK IN VIRGINIA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP12505007501,000Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16Oct 17
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%382
90 to 99%521
80 to 89%158
70 to 79%120
60 to 69%37
50 to 59%177
40 to 49%85
30 to 39%7
20 to 29%17
10 to 19%46
0 to 9%4
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 17, 20264581,55499.2%
Oct 16, 20264501,54199.2%
Oct 15, 20264511,53299.1%
Oct 14, 20265971,53798.2%
Oct 13, 20265371,53698.5%
Oct 12, 20264811,53298.5%
Oct 11, 20264641,52098.6%
Oct 10, 20267361,53097.6%
Oct 9, 20267591,52997.6%
Oct 8, 20267551,53497.4%
Oct 7, 20267831,52698.3%
Oct 6, 20268121,44498.3%
Oct 5, 20268151,41598.3%
Oct 4, 20268011,18398.3%
Oct 3, 20265511,14099.3%
Oct 2, 20265511,14099.3%
Oct 1, 202631382099.2%
Sep 30, 2026164818100.0%
Sep 29, 2026135818100.0%
Sep 28, 2026125807100.0%
Sep 27, 2026143733100.0%
Sep 26, 2026143729100.0%
Reports received at Lexington - Buffalo Creek, reports from 2.0 to 4.0, the latest 2.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012346 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 173 AM
Reports received at Lexington - Buffalo Creek, reports from 2.0 to 4.0, the latest 2.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16Sat 17

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