Warnings Valid at: 09 Feb 2025 05:59 AM CDT
GM
Marine Dense Fog Advisory (View Text) expires 11:00 AM by CRP ()
Coastal waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel out 20 NM, Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM, in GM
VTEC# 9 (NEW)
Issued: 05:06 AM
Updated: 05:06 AM
 
PZ
Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 01:00 AM by MFR ()
Coastal waters from Cape Blanco OR to Pt. St. George CA out 10 nm, in PZ
VTEC# 17 (EXT)
Issued: 05:03 AM
Updated: 05:03 AM
 
LO
Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 07:00 AM by BUF (Reynolds)
Mexico Bay NY to the St. Lawrence River, Sodus Bay to Mexico Bay NY, Hamlin Beach to Sodus Bay NY, in LO
VTEC# 17 (EXT)
Issued: 02:00 AM
Updated: 03:38 AM
 
OR
Freeze Warning (View Text) expires 12:00 PM by MFR (TD)
Curry County Coast, South Central Oregon Coast, in OR
VTEC# 10 (CON)
Issued: 05:00 AM
Updated: 05:16 AM
 
CA
CA
AN
AN
Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 04:00 PM by AKQ ()
James River from James River Bridge to Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, in AN
VTEC# 22 (EXB)
Issued: 04:00 AM
Updated: 03:56 AM
 
AN
Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 07:00 PM by AKQ ()
Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia-North Carolina border out to 20 nm, in AN
VTEC# 20 (EXT)
Issued: 04:00 AM
Updated: 03:56 AM
 
AN
OR
Winter Weather Advisory (View Text) expires 03:00 PM by PDT (MF)
Grande Ronde Valley, in OR
VTEC# 9 (EXA)
Issued: 03:43 AM
Updated: 03:43 AM
 
MA
Winter Weather Advisory (View Text) expires 12:00 PM by ALY (MEM)
Northern Berkshire, Southern Berkshire, in MA
VTEC# 13 (NEW)
Issued: 03:28 AM
Updated: 03:28 AM
 
NY
Winter Weather Advisory (View Text) expires 12:00 PM by ALY (MEM)
Western Greene, Eastern Dutchess, Eastern Greene, Western Columbia, Eastern Columbia, Western Ulster, Eastern Ulster, Western Dutchess, in NY
VTEC# 13 (NEW)
Issued: 03:28 AM
Updated: 03:28 AM
 
CT
Winter Weather Advisory (View Text) expires 12:00 PM by ALY (MEM)
Southern Litchfield, Northern Litchfield, in CT
VTEC# 13 (NEW)
Issued: 03:28 AM
Updated: 03:28 AM
 
LA
Dense Fog Advisory (View Text) expires 10:00 AM by LCH (Tingler)
West Cameron, Lower St. Martin, Upper St. Martin, Lafayette, East Cameron, in LA
VTEC# 9 (NEW)
Issued: 03:18 AM
Updated: 03:18 AM
 
AN
LM
LH
LM
Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 04:00 PM by IWX ()
New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI, Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI, in LM
VTEC# 10 (CON)
Issued: 02:00 AM
Updated: 04:05 AM
 
PA
Winter Weather Advisory (View Text) expires 09:00 AM by PBZ (88)
Westmoreland Ridges, Fayette Ridges, in PA
VTEC# 10 (NEW)
Issued: 01:48 AM
Updated: 01:48 AM
 
FL
Dense Fog Advisory (View Text) expires 10:00 AM by TAE (DVD)
Madison, in FL
VTEC# 11 (EXB)
Issued: 01:34 AM
Updated: 01:34 AM
 
LM
Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 05:00 PM by GRR ()
Pentwater to Manistee MI, St Joseph to South Haven MI, South Haven to Holland MI, Holland to Grand Haven MI, Grand Haven to Whitehall MI, Whitehall to Pentwater MI, in LM
VTEC# 15 (CON)
Issued: 01:00 AM
Updated: 02:29 AM
 
LA
MT
Cold Weather Advisory (View Text) expires 01:00 PM by GGW (Stoinski)
Central and Southern Valley, Eastern Roosevelt, Northern Valley, Northern Phillips, Western Roosevelt, Sheridan, Daniels, in MT
VTEC# 8 (CON)
Issued: 01:00 AM
Updated: 02:38 AM
 
LS
Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 07:00 PM by APX ()
Whitefish Bay (U.S. Portion)/Whitefish Point to Point Iroquois MI, in LS
VTEC# 17 (EXT)
Issued: 01:00 AM
Updated: 02:07 AM
 
LS
FL
Dense Fog Advisory (View Text) expires 10:00 AM by TBW (TBW)
Inland Levy, Coastal Levy, in FL
VTEC# 10 (NEW)
Issued: 12:24 AM
Updated: 12:24 AM
 
HI
High Surf Advisory (View Text) expires 11:00 AM by HFO (RCB)
Kauai Leeward, Waianae Coast, in HI
VTEC# 8 (EXA)
Issued: 12:14 AM
Updated: 12:14 AM
 
AN
Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 05:00 PM by BOX ()
Block Island Sound, Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts Bay and Ipswich Bay, Nantucket Sound, Vineyard Sound, Buzzards Bay, Rhode Island Sound, in AN
VTEC# 18 (CON)
Issued: 12:00 AM
Updated: 03:42 AM
 
AN
Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 07:00 AM by BOX ()
Coastal Waters from Montauk NY to Marthas Vineyard extending out to 20 nm South of Block Island, in AN
VTEC# 18 (EXT)
Issued: 12:00 AM
Updated: 03:42 AM
 
AN
Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 04:00 PM by BOX ()
Coastal Waters extending out to 25 nm South of Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket, in AN
VTEC# 18 (EXT)
Issued: 12:00 AM
Updated: 03:42 AM
 
AN
PZ
Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 12:00 PM by EKA ()
Waters from Cape Mendocino to Pt. Arena CA from 10 to 60 nm, in PZ
VTEC# 16 (CON)
Issued: 12:00 AM
Updated: 05:43 AM
 
GA
Dense Fog Advisory (View Text) expires 10:00 AM by JAX (ENYEDI)
Echols, Clinch, in GA
VTEC# 9 (CON)
Issued: 11:02 PM
Updated: 04:56 AM
 
FL
Dense Fog Advisory (View Text) expires 10:00 AM by JAX (SHASHY)
Union, Baker, Bradford, Suwannee, Gilchrist, in FL
VTEC# 9 (CON)
Issued: 11:00 PM
Updated: 04:56 AM
 
FL
Dense Fog Advisory (View Text) expires 10:00 AM by TAE (KO)
Inland Dixie, Inland Taylor, Lafayette, Coastal Franklin, Coastal Jefferson, Coastal Wakulla, Coastal Taylor, Coastal Dixie, in FL
VTEC# 11 (EXT)
Issued: 11:00 PM
Updated: 01:34 AM
 
KY
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 04:00 PM by LMK (MJ)
Bourbon, in KY
VTEC# 12 (NEW)
Issued: 11:00 PM
Updated: 08:50 PM
 
CA
GM
GM
Marine Dense Fog Advisory (View Text) expires 10:00 AM by MOB ()
Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM, Perdido Bay Area, Mississippi Sound, South Mobile Bay, North Mobile Bay, in GM
VTEC# 8 (CON)
Issued: 10:00 PM
Updated: 04:13 AM
 
OR
LM
Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 01:00 PM by LOT ()
Gary to Burns Harbor IN, Burns Harbor to Michigan City IN, Calumet Harbor IL to Gary IN, in LM
VTEC# 17 (CON)
Issued: 10:00 PM
Updated: 04:21 AM
 
AM
Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 01:00 PM by MHX ()
Pamlico Sound, in AM
VTEC# 16 (EXT)
Issued: 10:00 PM
Updated: 03:49 AM
 
AM
Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 07:00 PM by MHX ()
Coastal waters from Cape Lookout to Surf City NC out 20 nm, in AM
VTEC# 16 (EXT)
Issued: 10:00 PM
Updated: 03:49 AM
 
GM
GM
Marine Dense Fog Advisory (View Text) expires 01:00 PM by LIX (CAB)
Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas, Mississippi Sound, Lake Borgne, Chandeleur Sound, Breton Sound, in GM
VTEC# 10 (CON)
Issued: 10:00 PM
Updated: 04:49 AM
 
LO
Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 01:00 AM by BUF (Reynolds)
Niagara River to Hamlin Beach NY, in LO
VTEC# 17 (EXT)
Issued: 10:00 PM
Updated: 03:38 AM
 
AR
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 01:00 PM by LZK ()
Prairie, in AR
VTEC# 20 (NEW)
Issued: 09:57 PM
Updated: 09:57 PM
 
AM
Marine Dense Fog Advisory (View Text) expires 06:00 AM by MHX ()
Coastal waters from Currituck Beach Light to Oregon Inlet NC out 20 nm, in AM
VTEC# 3 (EXT)
Issued: 09:01 PM
Updated: 03:49 AM
 
GM
Marine Dense Fog Advisory (View Text) expires 10:00 AM by HGX ()
Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM, Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out 20 NM, Galveston Bay, Matagorda Bay, in GM
VTEC# 13 (CON)
Issued: 08:26 PM
Updated: 03:41 AM
 
HI
High Surf Advisory (View Text) expires 11:00 AM by HFO ()
Maui Windward West, Oahu North Shore, Niihau, in HI
VTEC# 8 (CON)
Issued: 08:06 PM
Updated: 12:14 AM
 
NY
Winter Weather Advisory (View Text) expires 01:00 PM by BTV (Kremer)
Southern Franklin, Western Essex, Eastern Essex, Southeastern St. Lawrence, in NY
VTEC# 8 (CON)
Issued: 07:00 PM
Updated: 02:57 AM
 
NY
Winter Weather Advisory (View Text) expires 01:00 PM by BUF (AR)
Wayne, Ontario, Jefferson, Oswego, Northern Cayuga, Lewis, in NY
VTEC# 13 (CON)
Issued: 07:00 PM
Updated: 03:29 AM
 
ID
Winter Weather Advisory (View Text) expires 01:00 PM by MSO ()
Northern Clearwater Mountains, Southern Clearwater Mountains, Orofino/Grangeville Region, Lower Hells Canyon/Salmon River Region, in ID
VTEC# 12 (NEW)
Issued: 07:00 PM
Updated: 04:49 AM
 
VT
Winter Weather Advisory (View Text) expires 01:00 PM by BTV (Kremer)
Western Chittenden, Western Addison, Eastern Chittenden, Lamoille, Caledonia, Washington, Orange, Eastern Addison, in VT
VTEC# 8 (CON)
Issued: 07:00 PM
Updated: 02:57 AM
 
ME
Winter Storm Warning (View Text) expires 01:00 PM by GYX (Tubbs)
Interior Cumberland, Coastal Cumberland, Interior York, Coastal York, in ME
VTEC# 2 (CON)
Issued: 07:00 PM
Updated: 02:56 AM
 
NH
Winter Storm Warning (View Text) expires 01:00 PM by GYX (Tubbs)
Southern Grafton, Southern Carroll, Merrimack, Sullivan, Belknap, Strafford, Cheshire, Eastern Hillsborough, Interior Rockingham, Coastal Rockingham, Western And Central Hillsborough, in NH
VTEC# 2 (CON)
Issued: 07:00 PM
Updated: 02:56 AM
 
ME
Winter Weather Advisory (View Text) expires 01:00 PM by GYX (Tubbs)
Southern Oxford, Southern Franklin, Southern Somerset, Kennebec, Interior Waldo, Coastal Waldo, Androscoggin, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Knox, in ME
VTEC# 6 (CON)
Issued: 07:00 PM
Updated: 02:56 AM
 
NH
Winter Weather Advisory (View Text) expires 01:00 PM by GYX (Tubbs)
Northern Grafton, Northern Carroll, in NH
VTEC# 6 (CON)
Issued: 07:00 PM
Updated: 02:56 AM
 
MA
NY
VT
Winter Storm Warning (View Text) expires 12:00 PM by ALY (KSL)
Bennington, Western Windham, Eastern Windham, in VT
VTEC# 3 (CON)
Issued: 07:00 PM
Updated: 03:28 AM
 
MA
Winter Weather Advisory (View Text) expires 01:00 PM by BOX (Belk)
Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket, in MA
VTEC# 6 (CON)
Issued: 07:00 PM
Updated: 03:41 AM
 
RI
Winter Weather Advisory (View Text) expires 01:00 PM by BOX (Belk)
Block Island, in RI
VTEC# 6 (CON)
Issued: 07:00 PM
Updated: 03:41 AM
 
VT
Winter Storm Warning (View Text) expires 01:00 PM by BTV (Kremer)
Western Rutland, Eastern Rutland, in VT
VTEC# 2 (CON)
Issued: 07:00 PM
Updated: 02:57 AM
 
NY
Winter Storm Warning (View Text) expires 07:00 AM by BGM (MWG)
Sullivan, Cortland, Delaware, Chenango, Otsego, Southern Oneida, Madison, Onondaga, Northern Oneida, Broome, in NY
VTEC# 3 (CON)
Issued: 07:00 PM
Updated: 05:26 AM
 
PA
Winter Storm Warning (View Text) expires 07:00 AM by BGM (MWG)
Northern Wayne, in PA
VTEC# 3 (CON)
Issued: 07:00 PM
Updated: 05:26 AM
 
PZ
Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 12:00 AM by EKA ()
Coastal waters from Cape Mendocino to Pt. Arena CA out 10 nm, in PZ
VTEC# 16 (EXT)
Issued: 06:00 PM
Updated: 05:43 AM
 
NY
Winter Weather Advisory (View Text) expires 10:00 AM by BUF (AR)
Southern Erie, Cattaraugus, Northern Erie, Genesee, Chautauqua, Orleans, Niagara, Wyoming, Livingston, Monroe, Allegany, in NY
VTEC# 13 (CON)
Issued: 04:00 PM
Updated: 03:29 AM
 
NY
Winter Weather Advisory (View Text) expires 07:00 AM by BGM (MWG)
Chemung, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Southern Cayuga, Yates, Tioga, Tompkins, in NY
VTEC# 14 (CON)
Issued: 04:00 PM
Updated: 05:26 AM
 
ID
Winter Weather Advisory (View Text) expires 07:00 AM by OTX (Butler)
Lewis and Southern Nez Perce Counties, Lewiston Area, in ID
VTEC# 9 (CON)
Issued: 04:00 PM
Updated: 11:44 PM
 
PA
Winter Weather Advisory (View Text) expires 07:00 AM by BGM (MWG)
Southern Wayne, Pike, Luzerne, Lackawanna, Wyoming, Susquehanna, Bradford, in PA
VTEC# 14 (CON)
Issued: 04:00 PM
Updated: 05:26 AM
 
WA
Winter Weather Advisory (View Text) expires 03:00 PM by PDT (MW)
Northwest Blue Mountains, in WA
VTEC# 9 (CON)
Issued: 03:00 PM
Updated: 03:43 AM
 
OR
Winter Weather Advisory (View Text) expires 03:00 PM by PDT (MW)
Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon, in OR
VTEC# 9 (CON)
Issued: 03:00 PM
Updated: 03:43 AM
 
GM
GM
Marine Dense Fog Advisory (View Text) expires 01:00 PM by TBW ()
Coastal waters from Tarpon Springs to Suwannee River FL out 20 NM, Waters from Tarpon Springs to Suwannee River FL out 20 to 60 NM, in GM
VTEC# 13 (NEW)
Issued: 02:06 PM
Updated: 02:06 PM
 
AM
Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 01:00 AM by MHX ()
Coastal waters from Currituck Beach Light to Oregon Inlet NC out 20 nm, in AM
VTEC# 16 (CON)
Issued: 01:13 PM
Updated: 03:49 AM
 
PA
Winter Weather Advisory (View Text) expires 07:00 AM by CLE (Griffin)
Northern Erie, Crawford, Southern Erie, in PA
VTEC# 12 (CON)
Issued: 01:00 PM
Updated: 03:35 AM
 
AN
Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 01:00 AM by AKQ ()
Coastal waters from NC VA border to Currituck Beach Light NC out 20 nm, in AN
VTEC# 22 (CON)
Issued: 01:00 PM
Updated: 03:56 AM
 
PZ
Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 06:00 AM by MTR ()
Coastal Waters from Pigeon Point to Point Pinos California out to 10 nm, Coastal Waters from Point Reyes to Pigeon Point California out to 10 nm, in PZ
VTEC# 20 (EXP)
Issued: 06:00 AM
Updated: 05:37 AM
 
PK
Storm Warning (View Text) expires 09:45 AM by AFC ()
Bering Sea Offshore 171W to 180 and South of 56N, in PK
VTEC# 41 (EXT)
Issued: 07:24 AM
Updated: 07:09 PM
 
PK
Gale Warning (View Text) expires 09:15 AM by AFC ()
Gulf of Alaska Offshore South of 57N North of 55N, in PK
VTEC# 148 (EXT)
Issued: 07:01 AM
Updated: 07:55 PM
 
AM
CA
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 12:15 PM by STO (KH)
Yolo, Solano, in CA
VTEC# 10 (CON)
Issued: 10:00 PM
Updated: 12:15 PM
 
PZ
PZ
Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 06:00 AM by MTR ()
Waters from Pigeon Pt. to Pt. Piedras Blancas CA from 10 to 60 nm, Waters from Pt. Arena to Pigeon Pt. CA from 10 to 60 nm, in PZ
VTEC# 19 (EXT)
Issued: 06:00 PM
Updated: 05:37 AM
 
PZ
Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 12:00 AM by MTR ()
Coastal Waters from Point Pinos to Point Piedras Blancas California out to 10 nm, in PZ
VTEC# 19 (CON)
Issued: 06:00 PM
Updated: 05:37 AM
 
PZ
Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 06:00 AM by MTR ()
Coastal Waters from Point Arena to Point Reyes California out to 10 nm, in PZ
VTEC# 18 (EXP)
Issued: 06:00 PM
Updated: 05:37 AM
 
KY
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 01:00 AM by LMK (CG)
Nelson, Hardin, in KY
VTEC# 11 (EXT)
Issued: 05:17 PM
Updated: 08:52 PM
 
PZ
Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 06:00 AM by LOX ()
Outer waters from Santa Cruz Island to San Clemente Island to 60 nm offshore including San Nicolas Island, in PZ
VTEC# 23 (CON)
Issued: 04:14 PM
Updated: 12:06 AM
 
KY
Flood Advisory (View Text) expires 07:00 AM by JKL (GEERTSON)
Estill, in KY
VTEC# 15 (CON)
Issued: 11:00 PM
Updated: 10:57 PM
 
KY
Flood Advisory (View Text) expires 01:00 AM by JKL (GEERTSON)
Lee, in KY
VTEC# 13 (EXT)
Issued: 09:21 PM
Updated: 10:55 PM
 
MS
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 01:00 PM by LIX (Schlotz)
Hancock, Pearl River, in MS
VTEC# 2 (CON)
Issued: 08:10 PM
Updated: 07:40 PM
 
LA
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 01:00 PM by LIX (Schlotz)
St. Tammany, in LA
VTEC# 2 (CON)
Issued: 08:10 PM
Updated: 07:40 PM
 
PZ
Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 01:00 AM by MFR ()
Waters from Cape Blanco OR to Pt. St. George CA from 10 to 60 nm, in PZ
VTEC# 16 (EXT)
Issued: 07:00 PM
Updated: 05:03 AM
 
AR
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 09:55 PM by LZK (61)
Arkansas, Monroe, in AR
VTEC# 17 (CON)
Issued: 07:00 PM
Updated: 09:55 PM
 
CA
Flood Advisory (View Text) expires 03:00 PM by REV (MRC)
Lassen, in CA
VTEC# 4 (CON)
Issued: 02:46 PM
Updated: 01:22 PM
 
MT
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 10:45 AM by TFX (Ludwig)
Madison, in MT
VTEC# 1 (CON)
Issued: 10:45 AM
Updated: 05:13 PM
 
KY
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 06:08 AM by LMK (ALL)
Robertson, Nicholas, in KY
VTEC# 8 (EXT)
Issued: 10:08 AM
Updated: 10:45 AM
 
AR
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 07:00 AM by LZK (61)
White, Woodruff, Prairie, in AR
VTEC# 19 (EXT)
Issued: 10:00 AM
Updated: 09:55 PM
 
KY
Flood Advisory (View Text) expires 07:00 AM by JKL (GEOGERIAN)
Estill, Powell, in KY
VTEC# 12 (EXT)
Issued: 07:55 AM
Updated: 10:54 PM
 
PK
Gale Warning (View Text) expires 09:45 AM by AFC ()
Bering Sea Offshore 171W to 180 and North of 56N, in PK
VTEC# 142 (EXT)
Issued: 06:36 AM
Updated: 07:09 PM
 
PK
Gale Warning (View Text) expires 09:45 AM by AFC ()
Bering Sea Offshore East of 171W, Bering Sea Offshore West of 180 and East of the In, in PK
VTEC# 141 (EXT)
Issued: 07:05 PM
Updated: 07:09 PM
 
MS
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 07:00 AM by LIX (PG)
Pearl River, in MS
VTEC# 1 (CON)
Issued: 11:23 PM
Updated: 07:40 PM
 
LA
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 07:00 AM by LIX (PG)
Washington, in LA
VTEC# 1 (CON)
Issued: 11:23 PM
Updated: 07:40 PM
 
AR
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 09:55 PM by LZK (61)
Union, Bradley, Calhoun, in AR
VTEC# 10 (CON)
Issued: 07:00 AM
Updated: 09:55 PM
 
CA
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 11:56 AM by STO (KH)
Tehama, in CA
VTEC# 1 (CON)
Issued: 06:22 AM
Updated: 11:56 AM
 
TX
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 07:00 PM by SHV (88)
Houston, Anderson, Cherokee, in TX
VTEC# 17 (CON)
Issued: 07:00 PM
Updated: 09:00 PM
 
KY
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 02:01 AM by PAH (DW)
Muhlenberg, in KY
VTEC# 4 (EXT)
Issued: 06:25 PM
Updated: 09:55 AM
 
AR
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 07:00 AM by LZK (70)
White, Woodruff, in AR
VTEC# 5 (CON)
Issued: 11:33 AM
Updated: 09:55 PM
 
AR
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 09:55 PM by LZK (56)
Jackson, Woodruff, in AR
VTEC# 8 (CON)
Issued: 07:00 AM
Updated: 09:55 PM
 
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Notes:

  • This application is educational grade and should not be used operationally.
  • The status column is simply the status of the warning. The warning is in 'NEW' state until a SVS is issued, then it goes to 'CON' for continued.
  • NEXRAD composite is available since 1 Jan 1997.
  • Prior to the NWS adoption of VTEC, warnings were not expired nor canceled.
  • SVS updates were added in 2005.
  • LSR archive begins 1 Jan 2004.
  • Archive of watches begins 1 Jan 1997.