Storm Station

At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
CCAL1
Latitude
30.17740 N
Longitude
93.21380 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 289 reports in 169 hours over the last seven days
Rank
685of 743 in Louisiana, Oct 4
Precipitation this hour
0in
Precipitation today
0in

On the radar over Lake Charles - Contraband BayouReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 8 instruments in Louisiana stand at one.

Station charts

Lake Charles - Contraband Bayou Report

Rank 685 of 743 in Louisiana, 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 score82.9of 100

  1. Reports receivedweight 3557.3289 of 504 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1094.5half its reports arrived within 13 min
  3. Continuityweight 1083.9longest silence 1.7 h, on a schedule of one report every 20 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
685of 743 in Louisiana, Oct 4
Schedule
every 20 min
Reports received, 24 hours
38 of 7252.7% of its schedule, 42 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
287 of 50456.9% of its schedule, 327 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
30 of 30
Longest silence, 7 days
1 h 40 minfrom Sep 27, 8:00 AM
Latest report
Oct 4, 4:00 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
13 min9 in 10 within 18 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 743 ranked stations in Louisiana 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, 2; 10 to 19 per cent, 5; 20 to 29 per cent, 12; 30 to 39 per cent, 14; 40 to 49 per cent, 15; 50 to 59 per cent, 15; 60 to 69 per cent, 69; 70 to 79 per cent, 26; 80 to 89 per cent, 42; 90 to 99 per cent, 363; 100 per cent, 180. Lake Charles - Contraband Bayou received 57.3 per cent, 289 of 504 scheduled reports, rank 685 of 743.WHERE IT RANKS IN LOUISIANA, Oct 4THIS ONE: 57.3%, 289 OF 504, RANK 685 OF 743PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9210 to 19520 to 291230 to 391440 to 491550 to 591560 to 696970 to 792680 to 894290 to 99363100180STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Lake Charles - Contraband Bayou's rank in Louisiana by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-04: 2026-09-26 rank 512 of 554; 2026-09-27 rank 524 of 556; 2026-09-28 rank 558 of 601; 2026-09-29 rank 578 of 616; 2026-09-30 rank 572 of 619; 2026-10-01 rank 576 of 621; 2026-10-02 rank 674 of 734; 2026-10-03 rank 674 of 734; 2026-10-04 rank 685 of 743.ITS RANK IN LOUISIANA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600800Sep 26Sep 28Sep 30Oct 2Oct 4
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%180
90 to 99%363
80 to 89%42
70 to 79%26
60 to 69%69
50 to 59%15
40 to 49%15
30 to 39%14
20 to 29%12
10 to 19%5
0 to 9%2
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 4, 202668574357.3%
Oct 3, 202667473458.5%
Oct 2, 202667473458.4%
Oct 1, 202657662160.9%
Sep 30, 202657261962.6%
Sep 29, 202657861662.3%
Sep 28, 202655860160.8%
Sep 27, 202652455662.1%
Sep 26, 202651255462.8%
Reports received at Lake Charles - Contraband Bayou, reports from 1.0 to 6.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports02466 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 43 AM
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
HourPrecipitation inReports
Sun 4, 4 AM0.001
Sun 4, 2 AM0.002
Reports received at Lake Charles - Contraband Bayou, reports from 1.0 to 9.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports02.557.510Mon 28Tue 29Wed 30Thu 1Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
HourPrecipitation inReports
Sun 4, 4 AM0.001
Sun 4, 2 AM0.002
Precipitation at Lake Charles - Contraband Bayou, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.36, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.100.200.300.40Sep 5Sep 10Sep 15Sep 20Sep 25Sep 30
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
DayPrecipitation in
Oct 40.00
Oct 30.00
Oct 20.00
Oct 10.31
Sep 300.00
Sep 290.00
Sep 280.00
Sep 270.00
Sep 260.00
Sep 250.00
Sep 240.00
Sep 230.00
Sep 220.00
Sep 210.09
Sep 200.00
Sep 190.00
Sep 180.00
Sep 170.00
Sep 160.10
Sep 150.15
Sep 140.00
Sep 130.36
Sep 120.04
Sep 110.06
Sep 100.00
Sep 90.00
Sep 80.04
Sep 70.00
Sep 60.00
Sep 50.02

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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