Missiles

Hazardous operations 191330Z to 191530Z aug within 45 miles of 39-50N 012-25W

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1937/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-08-19 16:30Z

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 274/14 140433Z AUG 14.. Issued 2014-08-14 04:57Z. 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 39.833, -12.417 with a 45.0 nm radius. 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 →

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2014-08-19 13:30Z2014-08-19 15:30Z—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
2014-08-14 04:57Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2014-08-19 16:30Z
authority
NAVAREA II 274/14 140433Z AUG 14.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
39.833, -12.417 · r 45.0 nm
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
MISSILES.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 191330Z TO 191530Z AUG
   WITHIN 45 MILES OF 39-50N 012-25W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 191630Z AUG 14.

Reading this warning

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.
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.
Within a radius of
A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

4 within 180 nm since 2014 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

14
15
20
23

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

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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 2026-09-25 06:05Z; 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.