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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
LAUW2
Latitude
38.75610 N
Longitude
79.68920 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 70 reports in 52 hours over the last seven days
Observed
9:15 AMEDT, 56 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

Laurel Fork Report

Rank 631 of 711 in West 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 score59.4of 100

West Virginia median
92.4the median score of 711 stations
Scoring higher
628stations in West Virginia
Sharing its score
3ranks 629 to 631
Points deducted
40.630.1 reports received, 7.7 continuity, 1.2 arrival, 0.9 accuracy, 0.6 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; West Virginia median 95.6, 100.0, 93.9
Next above
LKEW2rank 630; ahead on reports received 14.0% against 13.8%
Next below
GW3830rank 632; behind on 247 score 59.4 against 59.3

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 3513.94.9 of 35 pointsWest Virginia median 89.970 of 504 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1087.68.8 of 10 pointsWest Virginia median 87.5half its reports arrived within 16 min
  3. Continuityweight 1022.72.3 of 10 pointsWest Virginia median 100.0longest silence 11.7 h, on a schedule of one report every 20 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-19.1 of 20 points, at the medianWest Virginia median 95.6-
  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 93.9-

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 (60 min), none for 72 (24 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
12 of 7216.6% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
72 of 50414.2% of its schedule, 96 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
30 of 30
Longest silence, 7 days
11 h 38 minfrom Oct 9, 10:00 PM
Latest report
Oct 16, 9:15 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
16 min9 in 10 within 17 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 711 ranked stations in West 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, 14; 10 to 19 per cent, 140; 20 to 29 per cent, 65; 30 to 39 per cent, 11; 40 to 49 per cent, 23; 50 to 59 per cent, 38; 60 to 69 per cent, 8; 70 to 79 per cent, 17; 80 to 89 per cent, 40; 90 to 99 per cent, 194; 100 per cent, 161. Laurel Fork received 13.8 per cent, 70 of 504 scheduled reports, rank 631 of 711.WHERE IT RANKS IN WEST VIRGINIA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 13.8%, 70 OF 504, RANK 631 OF 711PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 91410 to 1914020 to 296530 to 391140 to 492350 to 593860 to 69870 to 791780 to 894090 to 99194100161STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Laurel Fork's rank in West Virginia by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-28 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-28 rank 490 of 512; 2026-09-29 rank 501 of 523; 2026-09-30 rank 505 of 528; 2026-10-01 rank 499 of 527; 2026-10-02 rank 536 of 583; 2026-10-03 rank 539 of 583; 2026-10-04 rank 532 of 589; 2026-10-05 rank 559 of 653; 2026-10-06 rank 535 of 656; 2026-10-07 rank 554 of 703; 2026-10-08 rank 577 of 703; 2026-10-09 rank 590 of 704; 2026-10-10 rank 585 of 704; 2026-10-11 rank 552 of 704; 2026-10-12 rank 583 of 703; 2026-10-13 rank 589 of 706; 2026-10-14 rank 620 of 707; 2026-10-15 rank 625 of 706; 2026-10-16 rank 631 of 711.ITS RANK IN WEST VIRGINIA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600800Sep 28Oct 2Oct 6Oct 10Oct 14Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%161
90 to 99%194
80 to 89%40
70 to 79%17
60 to 69%8
50 to 59%38
40 to 49%23
30 to 39%11
20 to 29%65
10 to 19%140
0 to 9%14
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 202663171113.8%
Oct 15, 202662570612.4%
Oct 14, 202662070712.6%
Oct 13, 202658970614.8%
Oct 12, 202658370314.6%
Oct 11, 202655270422.6%
Oct 10, 202658570418.4%
Oct 9, 202659070417.4%
Oct 8, 202657770315.9%
Oct 7, 202655470319.1%
Oct 6, 202653565620.7%
Oct 5, 202655965319.6%
Oct 4, 202653258919.6%
Oct 3, 202653958318.6%
Oct 2, 202653658318.6%
Oct 1, 202649952714.7%
Sep 30, 202650552814.4%
Sep 29, 202650152313.8%
Sep 28, 202649051212.8%
Reports received at Laurel Fork, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports0123412 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
HourPrecipitation inReports
Fri 16, 10 AM0.001
Reports received at Laurel Fork, reports from 0.0 to 17.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports05101520Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
HourPrecipitation inReports
Fri 16, 10 AM0.001
Precipitation at Laurel Fork, precipitation from 0.00 to 1.43, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.501.001.50Sep 17Sep 22Sep 27Oct 2Oct 7Oct 12
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
DayPrecipitation in
Oct 160.00
Oct 150.24
Oct 140.79
Oct 130.00
Oct 120.04
Oct 111.36
Oct 100.08
Oct 90.28
Oct 80.00
Oct 70.00
Oct 60.00
Oct 50.00
Oct 40.00
Oct 30.16
Oct 20.12
Oct 10.00
Sep 300.00
Sep 290.00
Sep 280.04
Sep 270.00
Sep 260.00
Sep 250.00
Sep 240.00
Sep 230.04
Sep 221.43
Sep 210.88
Sep 200.68
Sep 190.00
Sep 180.00
Sep 170.08

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