Storm Station

At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
BESA1
Latitude
33.41920 N
Longitude
86.98280 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 165 reports in 166 hours over the last seven days
Rank
395of 669 in Alabama, Oct 4

On the radar over VALLEY CREEK 2 W Valley Creek Near BessemerReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 33 instruments in Alabama stand at one.

Station charts

VALLEY CREEK 2 W Valley Creek Near Bessemer Report

Rank 395 of 669 in Alabama, Oct 4. 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.

247 score95.9of 100

  1. Reports receivedweight 3598.2165 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1077.5half its reports arrived within 21 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.0longest silence 2 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20--
  5. Instrument checksweight 15--
  6. Forecast checkweight 10--

The score is the weighted mean of its six parts, from the last 7 days. How a station is ranked sets out each part.

Rank
395of 669 in Alabama, Oct 4
Schedule
every houron the hour's :15
Reports received, 24 hours
24 of 24100% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
166 of 16898.8% of its schedule, 169 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 1, 7:15 PM
Latest report
Oct 4, 2:15 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
21 min9 in 10 within 22 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 669 ranked stations in Alabama on Oct 4 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, 0; 10 to 19 per cent, 1; 20 to 29 per cent, 0; 30 to 39 per cent, 10; 40 to 49 per cent, 8; 50 to 59 per cent, 7; 60 to 69 per cent, 45; 70 to 79 per cent, 15; 80 to 89 per cent, 26; 90 to 99 per cent, 246; 100 per cent, 311. VALLEY CREEK 2 W Valley Creek Near Bessemer received 98.2 per cent, 165 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 395 of 669.WHERE IT RANKS IN ALABAMA, Oct 4THIS ONE: 98.2%, 165 OF 168, RANK 395 OF 669PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 910 to 19120 to 2930 to 391040 to 49850 to 59760 to 694570 to 791580 to 892690 to 99246100311STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of VALLEY CREEK 2 W Valley Creek Near Bessemer's rank in Alabama by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-04: 2026-09-26 rank 49 of 323; 2026-09-27 rank 258 of 323; 2026-09-28 rank 347 of 431; 2026-09-29 rank 342 of 461; 2026-09-30 rank 312 of 468; 2026-10-01 rank 290 of 474; 2026-10-02 rank 397 of 652; 2026-10-03 rank 398 of 652; 2026-10-04 rank 395 of 669.ITS RANK IN ALABAMA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1100200300400Sep 26Sep 28Sep 30Oct 2Oct 4
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%311
90 to 99%246
80 to 89%26
70 to 79%15
60 to 69%45
50 to 59%7
40 to 49%8
30 to 39%10
20 to 29%0
10 to 19%1
0 to 9%0
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 4, 202639566998.2%
Oct 3, 202639865298.1%
Oct 2, 202639765298.1%
Oct 1, 202629047499.2%
Sep 30, 202631246899.1%
Sep 29, 202634246198.9%
Sep 28, 202634743198.5%
Sep 27, 202625832397.8%
Sep 26, 202649323100.0%
Reports received at VALLEY CREEK 2 W Valley Creek Near Bessemer, reports from 2.0 to 4.0, the latest 2.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012346 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 43 AM
Reports received at VALLEY CREEK 2 W Valley Creek Near Bessemer, reports from 2.0 to 4.0, the latest 2.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Mon 28Tue 29Wed 30Thu 1Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4

The instrumentWhat an instrument is FB-INS-001

What it seesMoon and tides FB-CLK-003Hurricane FB-EVT-043Nor'easter FB-EVT-066Flash flood FB-EVT-100Coastal flood FB-EVT-105

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