Exercises

Gunnery exercises 101200Z to 101900Z oct in areas: a. bound by 35-50N 004-50W, 35-50N 004-40W, 35-43N…

Alboran Sea · HYDROLANT 1876/03

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2003-10-10 20:00Z

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) · NAVAREA III 703/03 031029Z OCT 03; WZ 1319/03 031101Z OCT 03. Issued 2003-10-03 12:00Z. 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
Alboran 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

Current notices and reporting history in the Alboran Sea →

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2003-10-10 12:00Z2003-10-10 19:00Z—7 h

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

issued
2003-10-03 12:00Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2003-10-10 20:00Z
authority
NAVAREA III 703/03 031029Z OCT 03; WZ 1319/03 031101Z OCT 03
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea
Alboran Sea
position
35.712, -4.763
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 101200Z TO 101900Z OCT IN AREAS:
   A. BOUND BY 35-50N 004-50W, 35-50N 004-40W,
      35-43N 004-40W, 35-30N 004-50W.
   B. BETWEEN 35-50N 35-30N AND 004-40W 004-20W.
   C. BETWEEN 35-50N 35-30N AND 004-20W 004-00W.
   D. BETWEEN 35-50N 35-30N AND 004-00W 003-40W.
   E. BETWEEN 35-50N 35-30N AND 003-40W 003-20W.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1723/03(36,37), STATION RESTORED.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 102000Z OCT.

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.
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

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

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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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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 08:11Z; 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.