Exercises

Hazardous operations 22 thru 31 aug within: a. 5.4 miles of 02-19.07S 044-22.10W

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1605/03

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2003-08-24 07:40Z

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 977, 978, 979, 980/03 220406Z AUG 03. Issued 2003-08-22 05:45Z. 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 parsed report position is 1.205, -32.488. 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 North Atlantic Ocean →

issued
2003-08-22 05:45Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA V 977, 978, 979, 980/03 220406Z AUG 03
NAVAREA
NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
1.205, -32.488
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 22 THRU 31 AUG WITHIN:
   A. 5.4 MILES OF 02-19.07S 044-22.10W.
   B. 25.9 MILES OF 01-27.97S 041-33.83W.
   C. 53.5 MILES OF 00-37.32S 038-48.18W.
   D. 59.4 MILES OF 04-55.38N 019-54.37W.
   E. 59.4 MILES OF 05-30.42N 017-48.00W.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1521/03.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 01 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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · military exercises

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

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05
10
15

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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F
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A
M
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J
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.