Storm Station

At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
WTRS2
Latitude
45.00000 N
Longitude
97.16670 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 165 reports in 160 hours over the last seven days
Rank
471of 792 in South Dakota, Oct 4

On the radar over Big Sioux River 8 NW WatertownReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 18 instruments in South Dakota stand at one.

Station charts

Big Sioux River 8 NW Watertown Report

Rank 471 of 792 in South Dakota, 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 score94.9of 100

  1. Reports receivedweight 3598.2165 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1061.7half its reports arrived within 29 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
471of 792 in South Dakota, Oct 4
Schedule
every 15 minon the hour's :00, :15, :30 and :45
Reports received, 24 hours
95 of 9698.9% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
663 of 67298.6% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
75 minfrom Sep 28, 11:00 PM
Latest report
Oct 4, 1:00 PMlocal time

The reports received are counted from the network's own archive of this station's reports. Its 247 rank is counted from Storm Station's own record, which holds less than 7 days of it so far: 165 of 168 scheduled reports received, 98.2%.

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 792 ranked stations in South Dakota 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, 0; 20 to 29 per cent, 0; 30 to 39 per cent, 46; 40 to 49 per cent, 9; 50 to 59 per cent, 10; 60 to 69 per cent, 63; 70 to 79 per cent, 27; 80 to 89 per cent, 97; 90 to 99 per cent, 249; 100 per cent, 291. Big Sioux River 8 NW Watertown received 98.2 per cent, 165 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 471 of 792.WHERE IT RANKS IN SOUTH DAKOTA, Oct 4THIS ONE: 98.2%, 165 OF 168, RANK 471 OF 792PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 910 to 1920 to 2930 to 394640 to 49950 to 591060 to 696370 to 792780 to 899790 to 99249100291STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Big Sioux River 8 NW Watertown's rank in South Dakota by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-04: 2026-09-26 rank 193 of 425; 2026-09-27 rank 184 of 428; 2026-09-28 rank 183 of 563; 2026-09-29 rank 307 of 585; 2026-09-30 rank 325 of 591; 2026-10-01 rank 316 of 590; 2026-10-02 rank 508 of 769; 2026-10-03 rank 506 of 769; 2026-10-04 rank 471 of 792.ITS RANK IN SOUTH DAKOTA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600Sep 26Sep 28Sep 30Oct 2Oct 4
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%291
90 to 99%249
80 to 89%97
70 to 79%27
60 to 69%63
50 to 59%10
40 to 49%9
30 to 39%46
20 to 29%0
10 to 19%0
0 to 9%0
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 4, 202647179298.2%
Oct 3, 202650676998.1%
Oct 2, 202650876998.1%
Oct 1, 202631659098.5%
Sep 30, 202632559198.3%
Sep 29, 202630758598.9%
Sep 28, 2026183563100.0%
Sep 27, 2026184428100.0%
Sep 26, 2026193425100.0%
Reports received at Big Sioux River 8 NW Watertown, reports from 1.0 to 4.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012343 PM6 PM9 PMOct 43 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Reports received at Big Sioux River 8 NW Watertown, reports from 1.0 to 4.0, the latest 1.0, 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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