Exercises

Hazardous operations: a. 0700Z to 1800Z daily 21 thru 24 and 27 thru 30 sep in area bound by 40-00N 010-00E,…

Tyrrhenian Sea · HYDROLANT 1519/04

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2004-09-30 19:00Z

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) · MARISARDEGNA 154/04 170603Z SEP 04.. Issued 2004-09-17 15:58Z. 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
Tyrrhenian Sea. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Tyrrhenian Sea →

Activity windows · 8 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2004-09-21 07:00Z2004-09-21 15:30Z—8 h 30
2004-09-21 07:00Z2004-09-21 18:00Z—11 h
2004-09-22 07:00Z2004-09-22 15:30Z—8 h 30
2004-09-22 07:00Z2004-09-22 18:00Z—11 h
2004-09-23 07:00Z2004-09-23 15:30Z—8 h 30
2004-09-23 07:00Z2004-09-23 18:00Z—11 h
2004-09-24 07:00Z2004-09-24 15:30Z—8 h 30
2004-09-24 07:00Z2004-09-24 18:00Z—11 h

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

issued
2004-09-17 15:58Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2004-09-30 19:00Z
authority
MARISARDEGNA 154/04 170603Z SEP 04.
issued by
MARISARDEGNA
sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
position
39.820, 10.677
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS:
   A. 0700Z TO 1800Z DAILY 21 THRU 24 AND
      27 THRU 30 SEP IN AREA BOUND BY
      40-00N 010-00E, 40-00N 010-30E,
      39-10N 010-30E, 39-10N 010-00E,
      39-26N 009-38E, 39-38N 009-38E.
   B. 0700Z TO 1530Z DAILY 21 THRU 24 AND
      27 THRU 30 SEP IN AREA BOUND BY
      40-15N 010-00E, 40-15N 011-31E,
      40-11N 011-33E, 39-32N 011-38E,
      38-52N 011-28E, 39-10N 010-00E,
      39-28N 009-38E, 39-43N 009-40E.
   C. 0700Z TO 1530Z DAILY 21 THRU 24 AND
      27 THRU 30 SEP IN AREA BOUND BY
      40-37N 009-50E, 40-40N 010-35E,
      40-40N 010-50E, 39-20N 010-50E,
      39-20N 009-47E, 39-24N 009-40E.
   D. 0700Z TO 1530Z DAILY 21 THRU 24 AND
      27 THRU 30 SEP IN AREA BOUND BY
      40-37N 009-54E, 40-42N 011-17E,
      40-11N 011-33E, 39-46N 011-36E,
      39-02N 010-17E, 39-04N 010-08E,
      39-26N 009-38E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 301900Z SEP.

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.
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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · military exercises

352 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 01:31Z; 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.