Exercises

Gunnery exercises 291200Z to 291400Z and 291700Z to 292000Z sep in area bound by 03-20N 031-20W, 03-00N…

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1557/08

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2008-09-27 08:15Z

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 V (A) 394/08 240107Z SEP 08.. Issued 2008-09-24 03:09Z. 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
North Atlantic Ocean. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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Activity windows · 2 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2008-09-29 12:00Z2008-09-29 14:00Z—2 h
2008-09-29 17:00Z2008-09-29 20:00Z—3 h

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

issued
2008-09-24 03:09Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2008-09-29 21:00Z
authority
NAVAREA V (A) 394/08 240107Z SEP 08.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
2.400, -31.389
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 291200Z TO 291400Z AND
   291700Z TO 292000Z SEP IN AREA BOUND BY
   03-20N 031-20W, 03-00N 031-00W,
   01-40N 031-20W, 01-40N 031-50W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 292100Z SEP.

Reading this warning

Gunnery and live firing
Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · military exercises

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

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05
10
14

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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A
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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 04:20Z; 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.