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Valid Time Event Code
Valid Time Event Code (VTEC) enables weather providers
and vendors to automate and tailor the product stream
delivered to their clients. This capability, in turn,
allows customers to select the specific message types
they want to receive. VTEC will help allow automated dissemination
of critical weather information through through technologies such as paging
systems and television message crawl systems.
VTEC Overview
VTEC-related NWS Instructions (NWSIs)
- NWSI 10-1703 - Valid Time Event Code (VTEC)
- NWSI
10-313: Special Marine Warnings (effective July
5, 2006)
- NWSI
10-314: Marine Weather Statements (effective July
5, 2006)
- DRAFT
NWSI 10-315: Marine Weather Warning Product Specification
- NWSI
10-320: Coastal/Lakeshore Flood Servies (effective
July 5, 2006)
- NWSI
10-401: Fire Weather Services Product Specification (effective
March 15, 2006)
- NWSI
10-511: WFO Severe Weather Products Specification (effective
November 1, 2005)
- NWSI
10-512: National Severe Weather Products Specification (effective
May 1, 2007)
- NWSI
10-513: WFO Winter Weather Products Specification (effective
November 1, 2005)
- NWSI
10-515: WFO Non-Precipitation Products Specification (effective
November 1, 2005)
- NWSI
10-922 WFO Hydrologic Products Specification (effective
July 17, 2007)
- NWSM
10-923 WFO Hydrologic Product Examples (effective
July 17, 2007)
Sample Products with VTEC
VTEC Operational Testing
VTEC Update Messages
- 2/5/08:
Changes to the Hurricane Local Statement /HLS/: Effective
June 1 2008
- 1/4/08:
Editing Headlines to Enhance Clarity and Accuracy of
Long Duration Weather Products: Effective Beginning
January 2008
- 4/16/07:
Addition of Valid TIme Event Codes for Hard Freeze
Watches and Warning Effective with AWIPS Build 7.2
- 3/16/07:
Nationwide Implementation of Experimental Valid Time
Event Code /VTEC/ in Flood Products for Forecast Points
Effective June 5 2007
- 3/16/07:
Inclusion of Experimental Valid Time Event Code /VTEC/
in Areal Flood Products Issued by Selected Weather
Forecast Offices: Effective April 2 2007
- 6/20/06:
Operational Implementation of VTEC in Weather Forecast
Office /WFO/ Flood Products for Forecast Points Effective
October 18, 2006
- 2/14/06:
Risk Reduction Activity for Inclusion of VTEC in Flood
Warnings, Watches, and Advisories for Forecast Points
Beginning April 4, 2006
- 1/26/06:
Update on Upcoming Changes in Hydrologic Product Formats,.Delay
in Implementation of VTEC for Certain Hydrologic Products
- 12/8/05:
Honolulu Weather Forecast Office /WFO/ Operational
Implementation of the Valid Time Event Code /VTEC/
in Six NWS Event-Driven Products and One Routine Marine
Product Effective January 17, 2006
- 10/26/05:
SCN 05-24 Operational Implementation of VTEC in 7 Event-Driven
Products and 2 Routine Marine Products Effective November
1, 2005
- 6/30/05:
SCN 05-28 Follow up to Service Change Notice 04-56,
Implementation of VTEC in Hydrologic Products
- 6/30/05
- SCN 05-24 Operational Implementation of VTEC in 7
Event-Driven Products and 2 Routine Marine Products
Effective November 1, 2005
- 6/30/05
- SCN 05-25 Operational Watch by County Products
Effective November 1, 2005
- 1/28/05
- Amended SCN 04-45 Operational Implementation of VTEC
in Most Event-Driven Products Effective 8 February
2005: Except Effective 16 March 2005 for WFO Anchorage
- 12/9/04
- Inclusion of Experimental VTEC in NWS W/W/A
- 11/5/04
- Amended: Operational Implementation of VTEC in Most
Event-Driven Products
- 9/7/04
- VTEC and WBC OT&E Update
- 9/7/04
- VTEC and WBC OT&E Update
- 8/26/04
- VTEC and WBC OT&E
- 8/20/04
- VTEC and WBC OT&E
- 8/18/04
- Change to Standardized VTEC-Encoded Format for Hydrologic
Products
- 8/2/04
- Operational Implementation of VTEC in Most NWS Event-driven
Products
- 7/1/04
- Change to Segmented Format for Severe Weather Statement,
Flash Flood Statement, Marine Weather Statement, and
Coastal Flood Product
- 5/28/04
- VTEC and WBC Update
- 4/16/04
- Add Marine Zones and VTEC to Watch Outline Update
Messages
- 2/13/04
- VTEC Update
NWS Partners Meeting VTEC briefings (all in PowerPoint)
- June
23, 2005, Silver Spring, MD
- January
13, 2005, San Diego, CA
- June
24, 2004, Silver Spring, MD
- January
15, 2004, Seattle, WA
- September
11, 2003, Silver Spring, MD
(For NWS Offices
only) VTEC Issues: Operations and Product Formatters
- Tropical Job Sheets
- WBC
- GHG
- Headlines
- NWR
- WarnGen - Instructions and Job Sheets
Contact Information
Questions regarding VTEC should be sent to Herbert.White@noaa.gov,
NWS Dissemination Services Manager. Herb will initiate
any action or response to questions with the NWS Systems
Engineering Center or the leader of the appropriate service
programs, e.g., public, fire weather, marine, hydrology,
climate.
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Last Updated:
November 5, 2008
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