Storm Station

At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
NTAN7
Latitude
34.49770 N
Longitude
77.41330 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 324 reports in 150 hours over the last seven days
Rank
1,593of 1,659 in North Carolina, Oct 4

On the radar over Alligator Bay near North Topsail BeachReflectivityStorm 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

Alligator Bay near North Topsail Beach Report

Rank 1,593 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 score70.7of 100

  1. Reports receivedweight 3548.2324 of 672 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1087.4half its reports arrived within 16 min
  3. Continuityweight 103.2longest silence 16.3 h, on a schedule of one report every 15 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
1,593of 1,659 in North Carolina, Oct 4
Schedule
every 15 minon the hour's :05, :20, :35 and :50
Reports received, 24 hours
45 of 9646.8% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
314 of 67246.7% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
16 h 15 minfrom Sep 27, 8:05 AM
Latest report
Oct 4, 7:20 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 15 min, 96 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 15 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. Alligator Bay near North Topsail Beach received 48.2 per cent, 324 of 672 scheduled reports, rank 1,593 of 1,659.WHERE IT RANKS IN NORTH CAROLINA, Oct 4THIS ONE: 48.2%, 324 OF 672, RANK 1,593 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 Alligator Bay near North Topsail Beach's rank in North Carolina by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-04: 2026-09-26 rank 892 of 910; 2026-09-27 rank 888 of 915; 2026-09-28 rank 968 of 1,010; 2026-09-29 rank 978 of 1,037; 2026-09-30 rank 989 of 1,043; 2026-10-01 rank 983 of 1,052; 2026-10-02 rank 1,572 of 1,620; 2026-10-03 rank 1,572 of 1,620; 2026-10-04 rank 1,593 of 1,659.ITS RANK IN NORTH CAROLINA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP15001,0001,5002,000Sep 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, 20261,5931,65948.2%
Oct 3, 20261,5721,62048.1%
Oct 2, 20261,5721,62048.2%
Oct 1, 20269831,05248.5%
Sep 30, 20269891,04346.7%
Sep 29, 20269781,03746.7%
Sep 28, 20269681,01042.0%
Sep 27, 202688891544.3%
Sep 26, 202689291049.4%
Reports received at Alligator Bay near North Topsail Beach, reports from 1.0 to 3.0, the latest 2.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01239 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 43 AM6 AM
Reports received at Alligator Bay near North Topsail Beach, reports from 0.0 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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