Hazardous operations 1800Z to 0001Z commencing daily 17 thru 21 jul in area bound by 39-00N 022-00W, 43-00N…
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1677/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-07-22 01:01Z
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 II 186/13 120429Z JUL 13.. Issued 2013-07-12 08:55Z. 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.
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
Activity windows · 5 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-07-17 18:00Z | 2013-07-18 00:01Z | — | 6 h 01 |
| 2013-07-18 18:00Z | 2013-07-19 00:01Z | — | 6 h 01 |
| 2013-07-19 18:00Z | 2013-07-20 00:01Z | — | 6 h 01 |
| 2013-07-20 18:00Z | 2013-07-21 00:01Z | — | 6 h 01 |
| 2013-07-21 18:00Z | 2013-07-22 00:01Z | — | 6 h 01 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2013-07-12 08:55Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2013-07-22 01:01Z
- authority
- NAVAREA II 186/13 120429Z JUL 13.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 41.000, -20.400
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. GUNNERY. MISSILES. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 1800Z TO 0001Z COMMENCING DAILY 17 THRU 21 JUL IN AREA BOUND BY 39-00N 022-00W, 43-00N 022-00W, 41-30N 018-00W, 40-30N 018-00W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 220101Z JUL 13.
Reading this warning
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- Missile firing
- Missile tests or exercises, with the danger area and times during which missiles may be in flight or falling.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards
7 within 180 nm since 2011 · 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 2109Z to 0159Z commencing daily 29 jul thru 02 aug in area bound by 42-36N 014-48W,…2014-07-24
- Hazardous operations 1848Z to 0356Z commencing daily 24 jul thru 08 aug in area bound by 42-36N 014-48W,…2014-07-20
- Hazardous operations 1636Z to 2348Z daily 05 thru 15 jun in area bound by 37-14N 020-45W, 38-25N 021-58W,…2013-05-31
- Hazardous operations 2230Z to 0629Z commencing daily 22 mar thru 23 apr in area bound by 43-05N 013-44W,…2012-03-16
- Hazardous operations a. 1545Z to 2248Z daily 15 thru 18 feb in area bound by 05-22N 052-52W, 05-35N 052-46W,…2011-02-11
- Hazardous operations 2014Z to 0003Z commencing daily 15 thru 18 feb in area bound by 41-53N 012-42W, 38-06N…2011-02-10
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
4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 17:43Z; source collection times vary.
Missiles
Missile firings, rocket launches and space debris re-entry areas. All current missile & rocket hazards →
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.