Hazardous operations
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 1253/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-05-24 13:30Z
This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · NAVAREA III 289/15 211205Z MAY 15 - NAVAREA III 290/15 211239Z MAY 15.. Issued 2015-05-21 14:24Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Hazardous operationscancelled by this notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →
Activity windows · 3 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-22 10:15Z | 2015-05-22 12:30Z | — | 2 h 15 |
| 2015-05-23 10:15Z | 2015-05-23 12:30Z | — | 2 h 15 |
| 2015-05-24 10:15Z | 2015-05-24 12:30Z | — | 2 h 15 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2015-05-21 14:24Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2015-05-24 13:30Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 289/15 211205Z MAY 15 - NAVAREA III 290/15 211239Z MAY 15.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- position
- 36.116, 28.884
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS. DNC 10. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 1015Z TO 1230Z DAILY 22 THRU 24 MAY IN AREA BOUND BY 36-19.1N 028-43.0E, 36-13.0N 028-53.2E, 36-09.0N 029-06.0E, 36-00.0N 029-06.0E, 36-00.0N 028-43.0E. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1230/15. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 241330Z MAY 15.
Reading this warning
- Hazardous operations
- NGA's heading for activities that make an area dangerous — most often rocket launches, space debris and weapons firings, and some open-ended danger areas.
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- Position (degrees and minutes)
- How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROLANT
- The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
646 within 180 nm since 1998 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- Hazardous operations sunrise to sunset 01 jan thru 14 jun and 16 sep thru 31 dec 24 in area bound by…2024-01-04
- Hazardous operations sunrise to sunset 01 jan thru 14 jun and 16 sep thru 31 dec in area bound by 37-27.00N…2023-01-04
- Hazardous operations 140900Z to 141800Z may in area bound by 35-42.00N 029-40.00E, 35-42.00N 028-34.00E,…2022-05-12
- Hazardous operations 010500Z to 010900Z sep in area bound by 35-30N 027-40E, 35-00N 027-15E, 34-40N 028-00E,…2021-08-31
- Hazardous operations 280500Z to 280900Z jul in area bound by 35-30N 027-40E, 35-00N 027-15E, 34-40N 028-00E,…2021-07-27
- Hazardous operations 060600Z to 061200Z apr in area bound by 34-03.28N 028-52.22E, 34-46.50N 028-41.53E,…2021-04-02
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
9 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 03:20Z; source collection times vary.
Exercises
Gunnery, firing and naval exercise areas. All current military exercises →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.