Warnings Legend
Warnings Valid at: 18 Aug 2026 11:50 AM CDT
MS
LA
Extreme Heat Warning (View Text) expires 08:00 PM by LIX (MEFFER)
Upper St. Bernard, St. James, St. John The Baptist, in LA
VTEC# 7 (CON)
Issued: 11:00 AM
Updated: 11:14 AM
 
OK
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 08:00 PM by OUN ()
Kiowa, Greer, Harmon, Caddo, Washita, Beckham, Dewey, Roger Mills, Major, Woodward, Ellis, Alfalfa, Woods, Harper, Cotton, Comanche, Tillman, Jackson, Custer, Blaine, in OK
VTEC# 38 (CON)
Issued: 11:00 AM
Updated: 11:32 AM
 
OK
Extreme Heat Warning (View Text) expires 08:00 PM by OUN ()
Carter, Jefferson, Coal, Pontotoc, Murray, Garvin, Stephens, Hughes, Grady, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Canadian, Payne, Logan, Kingfisher, Noble, Garfield, Kay, Grant, Bryan, Love, Atoka, Johnston, Seminole, Pottawatomie, Cleveland, McClain, Marshall, in OK
VTEC# 12 (CON)
Issued: 11:00 AM
Updated: 11:32 AM
 
AL
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 08:00 PM by MOB (HRL)
Choctaw, Covington, Escambia, Crenshaw, Butler, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox, Clarke, Washington, in AL
VTEC# 15 (CON)
Issued: 11:00 AM
Updated: 11:44 AM
 
TX
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 08:00 PM by OUN ()
Clay, Archer, Baylor, Wichita, Wilbarger, Knox, Hardeman, Foard, in TX
VTEC# 38 (CON)
Issued: 11:00 AM
Updated: 11:32 AM
 
MS
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 08:00 PM by MOB (HRL)
George, Wayne, Stone, Greene, Perry, in MS
VTEC# 15 (CON)
Issued: 11:00 AM
Updated: 11:44 AM
 
FL
Rip Currents Statement (View Text) expires 03:00 AM by TAE ()
Coastal Gulf, Coastal Bay, in FL
VTEC# 62 (NEW)
Issued: 11:00 AM
Updated: 04:06 AM
 
AR
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 08:00 PM by JAN (KP)
Chicot, Ashley, in AR
VTEC# 20 (CON)
Issued: 11:00 AM
Updated: 10:29 AM
 
LA
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 08:00 PM by JAN (KP)
Tensas, Madison, West Carroll, Catahoula, Franklin, Richland, Morehouse, East Carroll, Concordia, in LA
VTEC# 20 (CON)
Issued: 11:00 AM
Updated: 10:29 AM
 
MS
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 08:00 PM by LIX (MEFFER)
Pearl River, Walthall, Pike, Amite, Wilkinson, in MS
VTEC# 20 (CON)
Issued: 11:00 AM
Updated: 11:14 AM
 
LA
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 08:00 PM by LIX (MEFFER)
Northern Tangipahoa, Lower St. Bernard, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, Iberville, Washington, St. Helena, East Feliciana, West Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, in LA
VTEC# 20 (CON)
Issued: 11:00 AM
Updated: 11:14 AM
 
AL
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 09:00 PM by BMX (25/Owen)
Coosa, Walker, Fayette, Lamar, Shelby, Jefferson, Marion, Marengo, Chilton, Hale, Greene, Sumter, Perry, Tuscaloosa, Pickens, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery, Autauga, Bibb, Dallas, in AL
VTEC# 9 (EXT)
Issued: 09:00 PM
Updated: 11:44 AM
 
SC
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 07:00 PM by CAE (CRL)
Richland, Lee, Aiken, Sumter, Clarendon, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lexington, in SC
VTEC# 8 (CON)
Issued: 10:00 AM
Updated: 10:42 AM
 
AL
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 07:00 PM by TAE ()
Coffee, Dale, Henry, Geneva, Houston, in AL
VTEC# 20 (CON)
Issued: 10:00 AM
Updated: 01:38 AM
 
NC
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 07:00 PM by RAH (Kren)
Johnston, Wilson, Stanly, Montgomery, Moore, Lee, Harnett, Wayne, Anson, Richmond, Scotland, Hoke, Cumberland, Sampson, Franklin, Nash, Edgecombe, Chatham, Wake, in NC
VTEC# 25 (CON)
Issued: 10:00 AM
Updated: 11:12 AM
 
FL
NC
Extreme Heat Warning (View Text) expires 07:00 PM by MHX (MHX)
Duplin, Pamlico, Western Dare, Mainland Hyde, in NC
VTEC# 2 (CON)
Issued: 10:00 AM
Updated: 12:50 AM
 
NC
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 07:00 PM by MHX (MHX)
Jones, Martin, Pitt, Washington, Tyrrell, Greene, Beaufort, Lenoir, in NC
VTEC# 26 (CON)
Issued: 10:00 AM
Updated: 12:50 AM
 
SC
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 07:00 PM by CHS (21)
Allendale, Hampton, Inland Colleton, in SC
VTEC# 25 (CON)
Issued: 10:00 AM
Updated: 06:37 AM
 
NC
Extreme Heat Warning (View Text) expires 07:00 PM by ILM (VAO)
Columbus, Inland Pender, Coastal Pender, Inland New Hanover, Coastal New Hanover, Inland Brunswick, Coastal Brunswick, in NC
VTEC# 5 (CON)
Issued: 10:00 AM
Updated: 01:35 AM
 
NC
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 07:00 PM by ILM (VAO)
Bladen, Robeson, in NC
VTEC# 29 (CON)
Issued: 10:00 AM
Updated: 01:35 AM
 
SC
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 07:00 PM by ILM (VAO)
Florence, Marion, Marlboro, Darlington, Dillon, in SC
VTEC# 29 (CON)
Issued: 10:00 AM
Updated: 01:35 AM
 
GA
Extreme Heat Warning (View Text) expires 07:00 PM by JAX (HESS)
Inland Glynn, Coastal Glynn, Inland Camden, Coastal Camden, Echols, in GA
VTEC# 6 (CON)
Issued: 10:00 AM
Updated: 11:32 AM
 
GA
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 07:00 PM by JAX (HESS)
Clinch, Coffee, Jeff Davis, Bacon, Appling, Wayne, Atkinson, Pierce, Brantley, in GA
VTEC# 23 (CON)
Issued: 10:00 AM
Updated: 11:32 AM
 
GA
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 07:00 PM by CHS (21)
Candler, Long, Jenkins, Screven, Bulloch, Tattnall, Evans, in GA
VTEC# 25 (CON)
Issued: 10:00 AM
Updated: 06:37 AM
 
FL
FL
SC
Extreme Heat Warning (View Text) expires 07:00 PM by CHS (21)
Inland Berkeley, Dorchester, in SC
VTEC# 8 (CON)
Issued: 10:00 AM
Updated: 06:37 AM
 
NC
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 07:00 PM by AKQ (05)
Bertie, Chowan, Perquimans, in NC
VTEC# 15 (NEW)
Issued: 10:00 AM
Updated: 01:34 AM
 
SC
Extreme Heat Warning (View Text) expires 07:00 PM by ILM (VAO)
Williamsburg, Coastal Horry, Inland Georgetown, Coastal Georgetown, in SC
VTEC# 5 (CON)
Issued: 10:00 AM
Updated: 01:35 AM
 
GA
Extreme Heat Warning (View Text) expires 07:00 PM by TAE ()
Seminole, Decatur, Grady, Thomas, Brooks, Lowndes, in GA
VTEC# 5 (CON)
Issued: 10:00 AM
Updated: 01:38 AM
 
FL
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 07:00 PM by TAE ()
North Walton, in FL
VTEC# 20 (CON)
Issued: 10:00 AM
Updated: 01:38 AM
 
GA
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 07:00 PM by TAE ()
Quitman, Clay, Randolph, Calhoun, Terrell, Dougherty, Lee, Worth, Turner, Tift, Ben Hill, Irwin, Early, Miller, Baker, Mitchell, Colquitt, Cook, Berrien, Lanier, in GA
VTEC# 20 (CON)
Issued: 10:00 AM
Updated: 01:38 AM
 
GA
Extreme Heat Warning (View Text) expires 07:00 PM by CHS (21)
Effingham, in GA
VTEC# 8 (CON)
Issued: 10:00 AM
Updated: 06:37 AM
 
FL
Extreme Heat Warning (View Text) expires 07:00 PM by JAX (HESS)
Union, Bradford, Suwannee, Baker, Nassau, Gilchrist, Flagler, in FL
VTEC# 6 (CON)
Issued: 10:00 AM
Updated: 11:32 AM
 
GA
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 07:00 PM by CAE (CRL)
Columbia, Richmond, Burke, in GA
VTEC# 8 (CON)
Issued: 10:00 AM
Updated: 10:42 AM
 
FL
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 07:00 PM by MLB (Tollefsen)
Orange, Osceola, Okeechobee, Northern Lake County, Southern Lake County, Coastal Volusia County, Seminole, Inland Volusia County, in FL
VTEC# 20 (NEW)
Issued: 09:00 AM
Updated: 11:38 PM
 
PR
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 04:00 PM by JSJ (GRS)
Southeast, Northeast, San Juan and Vicinity, Vieques, Culebra, Southwest, Mayaguez and Vicinity, Northwest, Ponce and Vicinity, North Central, Eastern Interior, in PR
VTEC# 38 (CON)
Issued: 09:00 AM
Updated: 08:51 AM
 
VI
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 04:00 PM by JSJ (GRS)
St.Thomas...St. John.. and Adjacent Islands, St Croix, in VI
VTEC# 38 (CON)
Issued: 09:00 AM
Updated: 08:51 AM
 
IN
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 11:00 AM by IND (BH)
Daviess, Knox, Greene, in IN
VTEC# 170 (EXT)
Issued: 07:51 AM
Updated: 11:43 AM
 
NE
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 05:00 PM by GID (Pfannkuch)
Greeley, Howard, Nance, Valley, in NE
VTEC# 8 (CON)
Issued: 07:12 AM
Updated: 10:25 AM
 
MA
Rip Currents Statement (View Text) expires 07:00 PM by BOX ()
Eastern Norfolk, Barnstable, Eastern Plymouth, Suffolk, Eastern Essex, Nantucket, in MA
VTEC# 9 (CON)
Issued: 07:00 AM
Updated: 01:10 AM
 
PZ
Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 05:00 PM by MTR ()
Waters from Pt. Arena to Pigeon Pt. CA from 10 to 60 nm, in PZ
VTEC# 94 (CON)
Issued: 05:00 AM
Updated: 10:31 AM
 
PM
Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 02:00 AM by GUM (Williams)
Chuuk Coastal Waters, in PM
VTEC# 60 (NEW)
Issued: 02:20 AM
Updated: 02:20 AM
 
OH
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 01:00 PM by RLX (12)
Washington, in OH
VTEC# 101 (EXT)
Issued: 11:02 PM
Updated: 03:39 AM
 
IL
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 10:09 AM by ILX (MJA)
Cass, Brown, Morgan, Schuyler, in IL
VTEC# 38 (CON)
Issued: 10:22 PM
Updated: 10:09 AM
 
MS
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 08:00 PM by MEG (JAB)
Monroe, Chickasaw, Tunica, Coahoma, Quitman, Panola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha, Calhoun, in MS
VTEC# 20 (CON)
Issued: 09:00 PM
Updated: 11:41 AM
 
AR
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 08:00 PM by MEG (JAB)
Lee, Phillips, in AR
VTEC# 20 (CON)
Issued: 09:00 PM
Updated: 11:41 AM
 
AL
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 09:00 PM by BMX (25/Owen)
Macon, Pike, Barbour, Russell, Lee, Bullock, in AL
VTEC# 9 (CON)
Issued: 09:00 PM
Updated: 11:44 AM
 
AR
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 08:00 PM by LZK ()
Marion, Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln, Desha, Baxter, Stone, White, Lonoke, Prairie, Monroe, Grant, Dallas, Hot Spring, Pike, Bradley, Calhoun, Ouachita, Drew, Cleveland, Garland, Clark, Cleburne, in AR
VTEC# 21 (CON)
Issued: 11:00 AM
Updated: 11:46 AM
 
PZ
Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 05:00 AM by LOX ()
Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal from 10 to 60 NM out, in PZ
VTEC# 116 (CON)
Issued: 05:00 PM
Updated: 09:05 AM
 
OH
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 01:00 PM by RLX (04)
Washington, in OH
VTEC# 92 (EXT)
Issued: 04:02 PM
Updated: 03:35 AM
 
TX
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 08:00 PM by FWD (Hernandez)
Freestone, McLennan, Bosque, Limestone, Leon, Hill, Falls, Robertson, in TX
VTEC# 26 (CON)
Issued: 12:00 PM
Updated: 12:54 AM
 
AZ
OH
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 06:00 PM by PBZ (Shallenberger)
Noble, Monroe, in OH
VTEC# 39 (EXT)
Issued: 03:43 AM
Updated: 11:44 AM
 
AR
Extreme Heat Warning (View Text) expires 08:00 PM by LZK (73)
Saline, Perry, Conway, Faulkner, Pulaski, in AR
VTEC# 4 (CON)
Issued: 11:00 AM
Updated: 11:46 AM
 
PZ
Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 11:00 PM by EKA ()
Waters from Cape Mendocino to Pt. Arena CA from 10 to 60 nm, Waters from Pt. St. George to Cape Mendocino CA from 10 to 60 nm, in PZ
VTEC# 75 (CON)
Issued: 11:00 PM
Updated: 10:29 AM
 
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, Coastal waters from Cape Blanco OR to Pt. St. George CA out 10 nm, in PZ
VTEC# 68 (CON)
Issued: 04:00 PM
Updated: 03:36 AM
 
IN
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 04:53 AM by IND (BH)
Delaware, Randolph, in IN
VTEC# 173 (EXT)
Issued: 03:58 PM
Updated: 08:02 PM
 
IN
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 09:10 AM by IND (CP)
Greene, Owen, Monroe, in IN
VTEC# 166 (EXT)
Issued: 01:00 PM
Updated: 11:43 AM
 
IN
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 02:23 PM by IND (BH)
Pike, Knox, Daviess, Gibson, in IN
VTEC# 171 (EXT)
Issued: 10:25 AM
Updated: 11:43 AM
 
OH
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 12:00 PM by RLX (JP)
Washington, in OH
VTEC# 72 (EXT)
Issued: 05:33 AM
Updated: 11:54 PM
 
IL
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 01:00 PM by ILX (MJA)
Piatt, in IL
VTEC# 39 (EXT)
Issued: 01:32 AM
Updated: 08:51 AM
 
IL
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 10:09 AM by ILX (MJA)
Cass, Fulton, Mason, in IL
VTEC# 37 (CON)
Issued: 09:51 PM
Updated: 10:09 AM
 
TX
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 12:00 PM by FWD (Stalley)
Stephens, Eastland, Palo Pinto, Young, Jack, Erath, Collin, Van Zandt, Tarrant, Parker, Hood, Wise, Lamar, Fannin, Denton, Grayson, Cooke, Ellis, Johnson, Somervell, Kaufman, Rockwall, Dallas, Montague, Rains, Hopkins, Delta, Hunt, in TX
VTEC# 25 (CON)
Issued: 12:00 PM
Updated: 12:54 AM
 
PZ
TX
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 08:00 PM by FWD (Stalley)
Henderson, Navarro, Anderson, in TX
VTEC# 25 (CON)
Issued: 12:00 PM
Updated: 12:54 AM
 
IN
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 10:49 PM by IND (CP)
Knox, Sullivan, in IN
VTEC# 162 (EXT)
Issued: 10:10 AM
Updated: 11:21 AM
 
IL
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 10:49 PM by IND (CP)
Lawrence, Crawford, in IL
VTEC# 162 (EXT)
Issued: 10:10 AM
Updated: 11:21 AM
 
IN
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 08:42 PM by IND (CP)
Knox, Greene, Daviess, in IN
VTEC# 165 (EXT)
Issued: 09:34 AM
Updated: 11:43 AM
 
IL
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 09:11 PM by DVN (MBS)
McDonough, Hancock, in IL
VTEC# 64 (EXT)
Issued: 08:21 AM
Updated: 08:39 AM
 
IL
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 05:00 AM by LOT (Carlaw)
Putnam, La Salle, Bureau, in IL
VTEC# 71 (CON)
Issued: 08:00 AM
Updated: 11:13 AM
 
IN
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 08:00 PM by IND (CP)
Owen, Monroe, Morgan, in IN
VTEC# 163 (EXT)
Issued: 06:24 AM
Updated: 11:43 AM
 
IL
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 09:00 AM by ILX (Shimon)
Fulton, in IL
VTEC# 36 (EXT)
Issued: 05:51 AM
Updated: 08:59 AM
 
IN
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 12:15 AM by IND (CP)
Morgan, Owen, Monroe, in IN
VTEC# 159 (EXT)
Issued: 12:07 AM
Updated: 11:43 AM
 
IL
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 01:45 AM by IND (CP)
Lawrence, Crawford, in IL
VTEC# 160 (EXT)
Issued: 12:01 AM
Updated: 11:21 AM
 
IN
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 01:45 AM by IND (CP)
Knox, Sullivan, in IN
VTEC# 160 (EXT)
Issued: 12:01 AM
Updated: 11:21 AM
 
IL
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 09:10 PM by IND (CP)
Crawford, Clark, in IL
VTEC# 161 (EXT)
Issued: 04:54 PM
Updated: 11:21 AM
 
IN
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 09:10 PM by IND (CP)
Sullivan, Vigo, in IN
VTEC# 161 (EXT)
Issued: 04:54 PM
Updated: 11:21 AM
 
IN
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 11:00 PM by IWX (Brown)
Wells, in IN
VTEC# 48 (EXT)
Issued: 01:00 PM
Updated: 05:14 AM
 
IL
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 07:00 PM by ILX (DRH)
Vermilion, in IL
VTEC# 34 (EXT)
Issued: 12:31 PM
Updated: 08:53 AM
 
IN
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 07:00 PM by ILX (DRH)
Vermillion, in IN
VTEC# 34 (EXT)
Issued: 12:31 PM
Updated: 08:53 AM
 
IN
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 05:00 AM by IND (CP)
Tippecanoe, in IN
VTEC# 158 (EXT)
Issued: 11:40 AM
Updated: 11:21 AM
 
GA
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 07:00 PM by FFC ()
Crisp, Montgomery, Treutlen, Baldwin, Jones, Twiggs, Marion, Chattahoochee, Johnson, Telfair, Bibb, Wilcox, Schley, Wheeler, Dodge, Dooly, Webster, Stewart, Laurens, Bleckley, Houston, Muscogee, Pulaski, Sumter, Toombs, Emanuel, Macon, Wilkinson, Washington, Jefferson, Taylor, Crawford, Peach, in GA
VTEC# 19 (CON)
Issued: 11:00 AM
Updated: 10:43 AM
 
IN
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 05:00 AM by IND (CP)
Vermillion, Vigo, Parke, in IN
VTEC# 152 (EXT)
Issued: 12:40 AM
Updated: 11:21 AM
 
IN
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 04:00 AM by IND (CP)
Vermillion, Fountain, Parke, Warren, in IN
VTEC# 151 (EXT)
Issued: 12:00 PM
Updated: 11:21 AM
 
IN
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 10:00 AM by IND (CP)
Marion, Morgan, in IN
VTEC# 149 (EXT)
Issued: 04:41 AM
Updated: 11:43 AM
 
IN
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 09:00 AM by IWX (CR)
Adams, Wells, in IN
VTEC# 46 (EXT)
Issued: 02:00 AM
Updated: 05:14 AM
 
IN
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 04:00 PM by IND (CP)
Marion, Morgan, in IN
VTEC# 148 (EXT)
Issued: 01:27 AM
Updated: 11:43 AM
 
IN
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 01:00 AM by IND (CP)
Lawrence, Jackson, Washington, in IN
VTEC# 143 (EXT)
Issued: 12:11 AM
Updated: 11:35 AM
 
IN
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 02:12 AM by IND (AW)
Warren, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Fountain, Parke, in IN
VTEC# 138 (EXT)
Issued: 02:52 PM
Updated: 11:21 AM
 
IN
Flood Warning (View Text) expires 01:00 PM by IND (Melo)
Hamilton, Madison, in IN
VTEC# 140 (EXT)
Issued: 12:06 PM
Updated: 11:43 AM
 
LA
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 08:00 PM by SHV (33)
Jackson, Bienville, La Salle, Natchitoches, Caddo, Union, De Soto, Bossier, Webster, Caldwell, Winn, Sabine, Red River, Grant, Lincoln, Claiborne, Ouachita, in LA
VTEC# 10 (CON)
Issued: 12:33 PM
Updated: 11:28 AM
 
TX
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 08:00 PM by SHV (33)
San Augustine, Cass, Bowie, Red River, Angelina, Shelby, Rusk, Cherokee, Sabine, Morris, Titus, Nacogdoches, Panola, Harrison, Smith, Marion, Upshur, Wood, Gregg, Camp, Franklin, in TX
VTEC# 10 (CON)
Issued: 12:33 PM
Updated: 11:28 AM
 
AR
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 08:00 PM by SHV (33)
Little River, Union, Howard, Sevier, Columbia, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada, Hempstead, in AR
VTEC# 10 (CON)
Issued: 12:33 PM
Updated: 11:28 AM
 
OK
Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 08:00 PM by SHV (33)
McCurtain, in OK
VTEC# 10 (CON)
Issued: 12:33 PM
Updated: 11:28 AM
 
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Notes:

  • 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 2002.
  • Archive of watches begins 1 Jan 1997.