diff --git a/db/nexrad.sql b/db/nexrad.sql
index 8a29a38..81260b0 100644
--- a/db/nexrad.sql
+++ b/db/nexrad.sql
@@ -43,4 +43,28 @@ select
     AddGeometryColumn('nexrad_storm_event', 'coord_end', 4326, 'POINT', 'XY', 0),
     CreateSpatialIndex('nexrad_storm_event', 'coord_end');
 
+create table nexrad_vtec_event (
+    id                   INTEGER PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
+    timestamp_issued     TIMESTAMP NOT NULL,
+    timestamp_expired    TIMESTAMP NOT NULL,
+    timestamp_init_iss   TIMESTAMP NOT NULL,
+    timestamp_init_exp   TIMESTAMP NOT NULL,
+    timestamp_updated    TIMESTAMP NOT NULL,
+    timestamp_poly_start TIMESTAMP NOT NULL,
+    timestamp_poly_end   TIMESTAMP NOT NULL,
+    event_id             INTEGER,
+    status               TEXT NOT NULL,
+    wfo                  TEXT NOT NULL,
+    sig                  TEXT NOT NULL,
+    phenom               TEXT NOT NULL,
+    hail_size            FLOAT,
+    wind_speed           FLOAT,
+    tornado_tag          TEXT,
+    damage_tag           TEXT
+);
+
+select
+    AddGeometryColumn('nexrad_vtec_event', 'poly', 4326, 'POLYGON'),
+    CreateSpatialIndex('nexrad_vtec_event', 'poly');
+
 commit;
diff --git a/lib/nexrad/vtec.py b/lib/nexrad/vtec.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a8790e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/nexrad/vtec.py
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+import enum
+import datetime
+import json
+import shapely
+import shapefile
+
+from nexrad.db import DatabaseTable
+
+def parse_timestamp(timestamp: str):
+    return datetime.datetime.strptime(timestamp, '%Y%m%d%H%M%S').astimezone(datetime.UTC)
+
+def shape_to_geojson(shape: shapefile.Shape):
+    ret = json.dumps({
+        'type':         'Polygon',
+        'coordinates':  shape.points
+    })
+
+    print(f"Got a kitty: {ret}")
+
+    return ret
+
+class VTECType(enum.StrEnum):
+    OPERATIONAL       = 'O'
+    TEST              = 'T'
+    EXPERIMENTAL      = 'E'
+    EXPERIMENTAL_VTEC = 'X'
+
+class VTEC(DatabaseTable):
+    __table__ = 'nexrad_vtec_event'
+    __key__   = 'id'
+
+    __columns__ = (
+        'id', 'timestamp_issued', 'timestamp_expired',
+        'timestamp_init_iss', 'timestamp_init_exp',
+        'timestamp_updated', 'timestamp_poly_start',
+        'timestamp_poly_end', 'event_id', 'wfo', 'sig', 'phenom',
+        'status', 'hail_size', 'tornado_tag', 'damage_tag', 'poly'
+    )
+
+    __columns_read__ = {
+        'poly': 'ST_AsText(poly) as poly'
+    }
+
+    __values_write__ = {
+        'poly': shapely.from_wkt
+    }
+
+    __columns_write__ = {
+        'poly': 'GeomFromGeoJSON(:poly)'
+    }
+
+    __values_write__ = {
+        'poly': lambda v: {'poly': shape_to_geojson(v)}
+    }
+
+    id:       int
+    poly:     shapefile.Shape
+    event_id: int
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def from_shapefile_record(record, shape):
+        vtec = VTEC()
+        vtec.id = None
+        vtec.timestamp_issued     = parse_timestamp(record['ISSUED'])
+        vtec.timestamp_expired    = parse_timestamp(record['EXPIRED'])
+        vtec.timestamp_init_iss   = parse_timestamp(record['INIT_ISS'])
+        vtec.timestamp_init_exp   = parse_timestamp(record['INIT_EXP'])
+        vtec.timestamp_updated    = parse_timestamp(record['UPDATED'])
+        vtec.timestamp_poly_start = parse_timestamp(record['POLY_BEG'])
+        vtec.timestamp_poly_end   = parse_timestamp(record['POLY_END'])
+        vtec.event_id             = int(record['ETN']) if (record['ETN'] is not None and record['ETN'] != '')  else None
+        vtec.hail_size            = float(record['HAILTAG']) if record['HAILTAG'] is not None else None
+        vtec.wind_speed           = float(record['WINDTAG']) if record['WINDTAG'] is not None else None
+
+        vtec.status      = record['STATUS']
+        vtec.wfo         = record['WFO']
+        vtec.phenom      = record['PHENOM']
+        vtec.sig         = record['SIG']
+        vtec.tornado_tag = record['TORNTAG']
+        vtec.damage_tag  = record['DAMAGTAG']
+        vtec.poly        = shape
+
+        return vtec
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def each_from_shapefile(path: str):
+        sf = shapefile.Reader(path)
+
+        for i in range(0, sf.numRecords):
+            record = sf.record(i)
+
+            if record['GTYPE'] != 'P':
+                continue
+
+            yield VTEC.from_shapefile_record(record, sf.shape(i))
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 245b632..c1d2ebb 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 boto3>=1.36
 shapely>=2.0
+pyshp>=2.3.0