Four orange flares sighted in 28-38.04N 084-32.69W at 090417Z jun
Gulf of Mexico · HYDROLANT 1280/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-06-23 15:54Z
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) · COMCOGARD SECTOR MOBILE 0/23 090447Z JUN 23.. Issued 2023-06-09 05:10Z. 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
- Gulf of Mexico. The parsed report position is 28.634, -84.545. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Mexico →
- issued
- 2023-06-09 05:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- COMCOGARD SECTOR MOBILE 0/23 090447Z JUN 23.
- issued by
- COMCOGARD SECTOR MOBILE
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 28.634, -84.545
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF MEXICO. FLORIDA. DNC 15. FOUR ORANGE FLARES SIGHTED IN 28-38.04N 084-32.69W AT 090417Z JUN. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO COMCOGARD SECTOR MOBILE, PHONE: 833 662 8724.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
12 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.
- Underwaterwater operations 29 may thru 07 jun in area bound by 29-36.39N 086-25.00W, 29-30.21N 085-59.10W,…2023-05-29
- Multiple red flares sighted in 28-39N 084-29W at 080432Z jan2022-01-08
- Red flare sighted in 29-16N 086-31W at 230420Z sep2021-09-23
- Vessel warrior partially submerged and anchored in 27-32.7N 082-46.3W2021-01-11
- Uscg remote communication facility miami (a) 25-37.4N 080-23.4W transmit services unreliable2017-10-10
- Uscg remote communication facility miami (a) 25-37.4N 080-23.4W transmitter services unreliable2017-09-28
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
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 23:23Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.