Storm Station
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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
PRRW2
Latitude
39.50610 N
Longitude
80.52810 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 734 reports in 168 hours over the last seven days
Observed
3:05 PMEDT, 16 minutes ago

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

Smithfield Report

Rank 405 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 score86.8of 100

West Virginia median
93.2the median score of 711 stations
Scoring higher
404stations in West Virginia
Sharing its score
2ranks 405 to 406
Points deducted
13.29.5 reports received, 2.4 continuity, 0.6 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
WV-PT-16rank 404; ahead on 247 score 87.2 against 86.8
Next below
WV-CB-23rank 406; behind on reports received 72.8% against 71.4%

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 3572.825.5 of 35 pointsWest Virginia median 88.5734 of 1,008 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1095.89.6 of 10 pointsWest Virginia median 87.5half its reports arrived within 12 min
  3. Continuityweight 1075.77.6 of 10 pointsWest Virginia median 100.0longest silence 65 min, on a schedule of one report every 10 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 (30 min), none for 72 (12 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 5 min
Reports received, 24 hours
172 of 28859.7% of its schedule, 175 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
1,240 of 2,01661.5% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
65 minfrom Oct 14, 4:55 PM
Latest report
Oct 17, 3:05 PMlocal time

The reports received are counted from the network's own archive of this station's reports. Its 247 rank is counted from Storm Station's own record, which holds less than 7 days of it so far: 734 of 1,008 scheduled reports received, 72.8%.

Its schedule is one report every 5 min, 288 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 5 min 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. Smithfield received 72.8 per cent, 734 of 1,008 scheduled reports, rank 405 of 711.WHERE IT RANKS IN WEST VIRGINIA, Oct 17THIS ONE: 72.8%, 734 OF 1,008, RANK 405 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 Smithfield's rank in West Virginia by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-17: 2026-09-26 rank 74 of 387; 2026-09-27 rank 54 of 432; 2026-09-28 rank 49 of 512; 2026-09-29 rank 239 of 523; 2026-09-30 rank 468 of 528; 2026-10-01 rank 452 of 527; 2026-10-02 rank 399 of 583; 2026-10-03 rank 411 of 583; 2026-10-04 rank 425 of 589; 2026-10-05 rank 423 of 653; 2026-10-06 rank 413 of 656; 2026-10-07 rank 407 of 703; 2026-10-08 rank 402 of 703; 2026-10-09 rank 528 of 704; 2026-10-10 rank 529 of 704; 2026-10-11 rank 534 of 704; 2026-10-12 rank 467 of 703; 2026-10-13 rank 464 of 706; 2026-10-14 rank 470 of 707; 2026-10-15 rank 463 of 706; 2026-10-16 rank 416 of 711; 2026-10-17 rank 405 of 711.ITS RANK IN WEST VIRGINIA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16Oct 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, 202640571172.8%
Oct 16, 202641671164.8%
Oct 15, 202646370664.1%
Oct 14, 202647070763.7%
Oct 13, 202646470663.1%
Oct 12, 202646770361.3%
Oct 11, 202653470458.6%
Oct 10, 202652970455.5%
Oct 9, 202652870455.3%
Oct 8, 202640270363.1%
Oct 7, 202640770362.9%
Oct 6, 202641365657.8%
Oct 5, 202642365351.1%
Oct 4, 202642558945.3%
Oct 3, 202641158354.0%
Oct 2, 202639958355.1%
Oct 1, 202645252748.5%
Sep 30, 202646852840.6%
Sep 29, 202623952396.8%
Sep 28, 202649512100.0%
Sep 27, 202654432100.0%
Sep 26, 202674387100.0%
Reports received at Smithfield, reports from 1.0 to 10.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports02.557.5106 PM9 PMOct 173 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM
Reports received at Smithfield, reports from 0.0 to 11.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports051015Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16Sat 17

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