Storm Station

At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
FCHN7
Latitude
35.78470 N
Longitude
81.31520 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 890 reports in 159 hours over the last seven days
Rank
1,320of 1,659 in North Carolina, Oct 4

On the radar over Hickory 4NNE - Falling CreekReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 34 instruments in North Carolina stand at one.

Station charts

Hickory 4NNE - Falling Creek Report

Rank 1,320 of 1,659 in North Carolina, 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 score85.6of 100

  1. Reports receivedweight 3588.3890 of 1,008 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1096.6half its reports arrived within 12 min
  3. Continuityweight 102.5longest silence 11.1 h, on a schedule of one report every 10 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
1,320of 1,659 in North Carolina, Oct 4
Schedule
every 10 minon the hour's :05, :15, :25, :35, :45 and :55
Reports received, 24 hours
136 of 14494.4% of its schedule, 142 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
889 of 1,00888.1% of its schedule, 927 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
11 h 06 minfrom Sep 27, 8:05 AM
Latest report
Oct 4, 7:25 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
12 min9 in 10 within 12 min

From Storm Station's own record of every report it heard from this station.

Its schedule is one report every 10 min, 144 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 10 min count as one received.

Chart of the 1,659 ranked stations in North Carolina 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, 12; 10 to 19 per cent, 10; 20 to 29 per cent, 18; 30 to 39 per cent, 61; 40 to 49 per cent, 22; 50 to 59 per cent, 25; 60 to 69 per cent, 257; 70 to 79 per cent, 79; 80 to 89 per cent, 177; 90 to 99 per cent, 410; 100 per cent, 588. Hickory 4NNE - Falling Creek received 88.2 per cent, 890 of 1,008 scheduled reports, rank 1,320 of 1,659.WHERE IT RANKS IN NORTH CAROLINA, Oct 4THIS ONE: 88.2%, 890 OF 1,008, RANK 1,320 OF 1,659PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 91210 to 191020 to 291830 to 396140 to 492250 to 592560 to 6925770 to 797980 to 8917790 to 99410100588STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Hickory 4NNE - Falling Creek's rank in North Carolina by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-04: 2026-09-26 rank 618 of 910; 2026-09-27 rank 650 of 915; 2026-09-28 rank 695 of 1,010; 2026-09-29 rank 692 of 1,037; 2026-09-30 rank 657 of 1,043; 2026-10-01 rank 634 of 1,052; 2026-10-02 rank 1,297 of 1,620; 2026-10-03 rank 1,298 of 1,620; 2026-10-04 rank 1,320 of 1,659.ITS RANK IN NORTH CAROLINA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP15001,0001,500Sep 26Sep 28Sep 30Oct 2Oct 4
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%588
90 to 99%410
80 to 89%177
70 to 79%79
60 to 69%257
50 to 59%25
40 to 49%22
30 to 39%61
20 to 29%18
10 to 19%10
0 to 9%12
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 4, 20261,3201,65988.2%
Oct 3, 20261,2981,62087.5%
Oct 2, 20261,2971,62087.4%
Oct 1, 20266341,05285.8%
Sep 30, 20266571,04384.6%
Sep 29, 20266921,03781.6%
Sep 28, 20266951,01077.5%
Sep 27, 202665091568.9%
Sep 26, 202661891087.1%
Reports received at Hickory 4NNE - Falling Creek, reports from 6.0 to 12.0, the latest 6.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports0510159 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 43 AM6 AM
Reports received at Hickory 4NNE - Falling Creek, reports from 0.0 to 12.0, the latest 6.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports051015Mon 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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