Gunnery exercises 0800Z to 2300Z daily 05 thru 18 aug in area bound by 44-23N 028-49E, 44-22N 028-42E,…
Black Sea · HYDROLANT 1714/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-08-19 00:01Z
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 III 366/02 021203Z AUG 02; WZ 1226/02 021053Z AUG 02; WZ 1224/02 020926Z AUG 02. Issued 2002-08-02 12:20Z. 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
- Black 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
Activity windows · 14 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-08-05 08:00Z | 2002-08-05 23:00Z | — | 15 h |
| 2002-08-06 08:00Z | 2002-08-06 23:00Z | — | 15 h |
| 2002-08-07 08:00Z | 2002-08-07 23:00Z | — | 15 h |
| 2002-08-08 08:00Z | 2002-08-08 23:00Z | — | 15 h |
| 2002-08-09 08:00Z | 2002-08-09 23:00Z | — | 15 h |
| 2002-08-10 08:00Z | 2002-08-10 23:00Z | — | 15 h |
| 2002-08-11 08:00Z | 2002-08-11 23:00Z | — | 15 h |
| 2002-08-12 08:00Z | 2002-08-12 23:00Z | — | 15 h |
| … 6 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2002-08-02 12:20Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2002-08-19 00:01Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 366/02 021203Z AUG 02; WZ 1226/02 021053Z AUG 02; WZ 1224/02 020926Z AUG 02
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Black Sea
- position
- 44.324, 28.861
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 0800Z TO 2300Z DAILY 05 THRU 18 AUG IN AREA BOUND BY 44-23N 028-49E, 44-22N 028-42E, 44-16N 028-46E, 44-11N 028-53E, 44-27N 029-01E. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1690/02(37) AND 1697/02(36,37), OPERATIONS COMPLETED. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 190001Z AUG.
Reading this warning
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 · military exercises
983 within 180 nm since 1999 · 11 in the last 12 months · 1 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 0600Z to 1200Z daily 06 thru 08 oct in area bound by 44-05.00N 029-08.00E, 44-15.00N…2026-10-01
- Hazardous operations 0600Z to 1500Z daily 05 and 06 oct in area bound by 44-25.43N 028-42.50E, 44-27.60N…2026-09-30
- Hazardous operations 010700Z to 011500Z oct in area bound by 44-05.00N 029-08.00E, 44-15.00N 029-08.00E,…2026-09-29
- Hazardous operations 0500Z to 1300Z daily 29 and 30 sep in area bound by 44-25.43N 028-42.50E, 44-29.50N…2026-09-28
- Hazardous operations 0700Z to 1500Z daily 30 sep and 01 oct in area bound by 44-05.00N 029-08.00E, 44-15.00N…2026-09-22
- Hazardous operations 0430Z to 1630Z daily 06 thru 09 oct in area bound by 44-56.00N 029-36.00E, 44-58.00N…2026-09-22
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
- Fog signal at constanta outer harbor light 44-08.61N 028-40.37E inoperativeNav aids · 13.6 nm
- Due to the presence of mines, all vessels approaching and departing romanian ports are encouraged to use the…Mines · 16.8 nm
- Mines reported in area within five miles of 45-07.10N 030-09.70EMines · 73.1 nm
- 1- neptun alpha production platform has been established at the central coordinate point: 44-02.85N 030-35.25EStructures · 76.2 nm
- Underwater operations 05 jan 25 thru 31 dec 26 in area bound by 44-04.40N 030-34.13E, 44-02.40N 030-30.50E,…Surveys · 81.2 nm
- War risk area, in northwestern part of black sea to northern of line 45-12.2N 029-41.1E 45-11.5N 029-41.4E…War risk · 99.6 nm
- Ukrainian coastal warning coordinator has declared the following coastal aproach instructions for entry or…Other · 111.6 nm
- Mining operations in progress until further notice in areas bound by: a. 46-22.50N 030-45.10E, 46-20.20N…Mines · 111.9 nm
- The coordinator of coastal alerts of ukraine has declared the following coastal approach instructions for…War risk · 111.9 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
9 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-04 04:32Z; 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.