Storm Station
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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
BSAW2
Latitude
39.52810 N
Longitude
79.88250 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 168 reports in 169 hours over the last seven days
Observed
1:05 AMEDT, 36 minutes ago
Precipitation today
0in

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 85 instruments in West Virginia stand at one.

Station charts

Strawn Lake Report

Rank 66 of 711 in West 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 score98.7of 100

West Virginia median
93.2the median score of 711 stations
Scoring higher
60stations in West Virginia
Sharing its score
19ranks 61 to 79
Points deducted
1.30.6 forecast check, 0.4 arrival, 0.3 accuracy
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; West Virginia median 98.5, 100.0, 94.2
Next above
RDCW2rank 62; ahead on longest silence 64 min against 65 min
Next below
PDKW2rank 77; behind on longest silence 65 min against 66 min
Sharing its rank
10other 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 35100.035.0 of 35 pointsWest Virginia median 88.5168 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1096.09.6 of 10 pointsWest Virginia median 87.5half its reports arrived within 12 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsWest Virginia median 100.0longest silence 65 min, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-19.7 of 20 points, at the medianWest Virginia median 98.5-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianWest Virginia median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.4 of 10 points, at the medianWest Virginia median 94.2-

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 hour
Reports received, 24 hours
24 of 24100% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
168 of 168100% of its schedule, 219 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
22 of 30
Longest silence, 7 days
65 minfrom Oct 12, 2:00 AM
Latest report
Oct 17, 1:05 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
12 min9 in 10 within 14 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 711 ranked stations in West 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, 12; 10 to 19 per cent, 150; 20 to 29 per cent, 54; 30 to 39 per cent, 16; 40 to 49 per cent, 19; 50 to 59 per cent, 39; 60 to 69 per cent, 9; 70 to 79 per cent, 20; 80 to 89 per cent, 41; 90 to 99 per cent, 185; 100 per cent, 166. Strawn Lake received 100.0 per cent, 168 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 66 of 711.WHERE IT RANKS IN WEST VIRGINIA, Oct 17THIS ONE: 100.0%, 168 OF 168, RANK 66 OF 711PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 91210 to 1915020 to 295430 to 391640 to 491950 to 593960 to 69970 to 792080 to 894190 to 99185100166STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Strawn Lake's rank in West Virginia by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-28 to 2026-10-17: 2026-09-28 rank 485 of 512; 2026-09-29 rank 443 of 523; 2026-09-30 rank 458 of 528; 2026-10-01 rank 461 of 527; 2026-10-02 rank 521 of 583; 2026-10-03 rank 522 of 583; 2026-10-04 rank 524 of 589; 2026-10-09 rank 539 of 704; 2026-10-10 rank 541 of 704; 2026-10-11 rank 527 of 704; 2026-10-12 rank 446 of 703; 2026-10-13 rank 409 of 706; 2026-10-14 rank 385 of 707; 2026-10-15 rank 306 of 706; 2026-10-16 rank 78 of 711; 2026-10-17 rank 66 of 711.ITS RANK IN WEST VIRGINIA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600Sep 28Oct 1Oct 4Oct 11Oct 14Oct 17
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%166
90 to 99%185
80 to 89%41
70 to 79%20
60 to 69%9
50 to 59%39
40 to 49%19
30 to 39%16
20 to 29%54
10 to 19%150
0 to 9%12
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 17, 202666711100.0%
Oct 16, 202678711100.0%
Oct 15, 202630670690.4%
Oct 14, 202638570776.1%
Oct 13, 202640970661.9%
Oct 12, 202644670344.4%
Oct 11, 202652770433.3%
Oct 10, 202654170419.0%
Oct 9, 202653970418.4%
Oct 4, 202652458922.5%
Oct 3, 202652258333.3%
Oct 2, 202652158333.3%
Oct 1, 202646152742.3%
Sep 30, 202645852850.0%
Sep 29, 202644352364.7%
Sep 28, 202648551214.8%
Reports received at Strawn Lake, reports from 3.0 to 4.0, the latest 3.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Reports received at Strawn Lake, reports from 1.0 to 19.0, the latest 3.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports05101520Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16
Precipitation at Strawn Lake, precipitation from 0.00 to 1.98, the latest 0.04, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.501.001.502.00Sep 18Sep 23Sep 28Oct 3Oct 8Oct 13
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
DayPrecipitation in
Oct 160.04
Oct 150.04
Oct 140.20
Oct 130.00
Oct 120.04
Oct 111.44
Oct 100.83
Oct 90.00
Oct 80.28
Oct 70.00
Sep 290.00
Sep 280.32
Sep 270.00
Sep 260.00
Sep 250.00
Sep 240.00
Sep 230.12
Sep 221.98
Sep 210.92
Sep 200.48
Sep 190.00
Sep 180.00

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