Gunnery exercises 221300Z to 221500Z jul vicinity 44-18N 013-10E
Adriatic Sea · HYDROLANT 1577/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-07-22 16:00Z
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) · USS MAHAN 112012Z JUL 02. Issued 2002-07-17 09:20Z. 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
- Adriatic Sea. The parsed report position is 44.300, 13.167. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-07-22 13:00Z | 2002-07-22 15:00Z | — | 2 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2002-07-17 09:20Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2002-07-22 16:00Z
- authority
- USS MAHAN 112012Z JUL 02
- issued by
- USS MAHAN
- sea
- Adriatic Sea
- position
- 44.300, 13.167
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 221300Z TO 221500Z JUL VICINITY 44-18N 013-10E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 221600Z JUL.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
188 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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 021100Z to 031600Z jun in areas bound by: a. 45-15.6N 012-45.2E, 45-18.2N 012-54.1E,…2021-05-31
- Hazardous operations 0900Z to 1600Z daily 21 thru 23 apr in vicinity 45-35.72N 013-36.70E2021-04-19
- Hazardous operations 201100Z to 201700Z apr in area bound by 45-17.0N 012-52.0E, 45-17.0N 012-57.0E,…2021-04-19
- Hazardous operations 201100Z to 201700Z daily in area bound by 45-17.0N 012-52.0E, 45-17.0N 012-57.0E,…2021-04-15
- Hazardous operations 261100Z to 261700Z nov in area bound by 45-17.0N 012-52.0E, 45-17.0N 012-57.0E,…2019-11-22
- Hazardous operations 1000Z to 1600Z daily 19, 26 and 27 nov in area bound by 45-17.0N 012-52.5E, 45-17.0N…2019-11-15
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
10 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 10:10Z; 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.