Storm Station

At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
OTWN7
Latitude
34.78080 N
Longitude
76.57400 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 256 reports in 169 hours over the last seven days
Rank
870of 1,659 in North Carolina, Oct 4

On the radar over Otway - Ward 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

Otway - Ward Creek Report

Rank 870 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 score94.6of 100

  1. Reports receivedweight 3588.9256 of 288 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1087.4half its reports arrived within 16 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.0longest silence 60 min, on a schedule of one report every 35 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
870of 1,659 in North Carolina, Oct 4
Schedule
every 35 minon the hour's :05 and :40
Reports received, 24 hours
41 of 41100% of its schedule, 48 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
267 of 28892.7% of its schedule, 306 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
1 hourfrom Sep 27, 8:40 AM
Latest report
Oct 4, 8:05 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 35 min, 41 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 35 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. Otway - Ward Creek received 88.8 per cent, 256 of 288 scheduled reports, rank 870 of 1,659.WHERE IT RANKS IN NORTH CAROLINA, Oct 4THIS ONE: 88.8%, 256 OF 288, RANK 870 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 Otway - Ward 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 264 of 910; 2026-09-27 rank 153 of 915; 2026-09-28 rank 133 of 1,010; 2026-09-29 rank 137 of 1,037; 2026-09-30 rank 712 of 1,043; 2026-10-01 rank 697 of 1,052; 2026-10-02 rank 961 of 1,620; 2026-10-03 rank 947 of 1,620; 2026-10-04 rank 870 of 1,659.ITS RANK IN NORTH CAROLINA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP12505007501,000Sep 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, 20268701,65988.8%
Oct 3, 20269471,62084.2%
Oct 2, 20269611,62083.8%
Oct 1, 20266971,05281.1%
Sep 30, 20267121,04377.8%
Sep 29, 20261371,037100.0%
Sep 28, 20261331,010100.0%
Sep 27, 2026153915100.0%
Sep 26, 2026264910100.0%
Reports received at Otway - Ward Creek, reports from 1.0 to 12.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports0510159 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 43 AM6 AM
Reports received at Otway - Ward Creek, reports from 1.0 to 13.0, the latest 1.0, 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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