Storm Station

At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
MCBV2
Latitude
36.58186 N
Longitude
76.07570 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 803 reports in 169 hours over the last seven days
Rank
817of 1,183 in Virginia, Oct 4

On the radar over Milldam Creek at Blackwater RoadReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 13 instruments in Virginia stand at one.

Station charts

Milldam Creek at Blackwater Road Report

Rank 817 of 1,183 in Virginia, 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 score95.2of 100

  1. Reports receivedweight 3595.6803 of 840 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1090.0half its reports arrived within 15 min
  3. Continuityweight 1078.2longest silence 72 min, on a schedule of one report every 12 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
817of 1,183 in Virginia, Oct 4
Schedule
every 12 minon the hour's :06, :12, :24, :36, :42 and :54
Reports received, 24 hours
120 of 120100% of its schedule, 143 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
810 of 84096.4% of its schedule, 991 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
72 minfrom Sep 30, 11:12 PM
Latest report
Oct 4, 5:42 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
15 min9 in 10 within 19 min

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

Its schedule is one report every 12 min, 120 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 12 min count as one received.

Chart of the 1,183 ranked stations in Virginia 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, 4; 10 to 19 per cent, 12; 20 to 29 per cent, 12; 30 to 39 per cent, 24; 40 to 49 per cent, 4; 50 to 59 per cent, 9; 60 to 69 per cent, 89; 70 to 79 per cent, 40; 80 to 89 per cent, 37; 90 to 99 per cent, 569; 100 per cent, 383. Milldam Creek at Blackwater Road received 95.5 per cent, 803 of 840 scheduled reports, rank 817 of 1,183.WHERE IT RANKS IN VIRGINIA, Oct 4THIS ONE: 95.5%, 803 OF 840, RANK 817 OF 1,183PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9410 to 191220 to 291230 to 392440 to 49450 to 59960 to 698970 to 794080 to 893790 to 99569100383STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Milldam Creek at Blackwater Road's rank in Virginia by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-04: 2026-09-26 rank 680 of 729; 2026-09-27 rank 687 of 733; 2026-09-28 rank 753 of 807; 2026-09-29 rank 642 of 818; 2026-09-30 rank 636 of 818; 2026-10-01 rank 661 of 820; 2026-10-02 rank 830 of 1,140; 2026-10-03 rank 830 of 1,140; 2026-10-04 rank 817 of 1,183.ITS RANK IN VIRGINIA, 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%383
90 to 99%569
80 to 89%37
70 to 79%40
60 to 69%89
50 to 59%9
40 to 49%4
30 to 39%24
20 to 29%12
10 to 19%12
0 to 9%4
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 4, 20268171,18395.5%
Oct 3, 20268301,14093.8%
Oct 2, 20268301,14093.8%
Oct 1, 202666182092.5%
Sep 30, 202663681892.7%
Sep 29, 202664281890.9%
Sep 28, 202675380759.4%
Sep 27, 202668773359.1%
Sep 26, 202668072958.7%
Reports received at Milldam Creek at Blackwater Road, reports from 8.0 to 10.0, the latest 8.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports02.557.5106 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 43 AM
Reports received at Milldam Creek at Blackwater Road, reports from 5.0 to 10.0, the latest 8.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports02.557.510Mon 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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