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Red flare sighted in 18-10.09N 042-41.00W at 262228Z nov

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2002/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-12-03 10:22Z

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) · MRCC FORT DE FRANCE 270107Z NOV 11.//. Issued 2011-11-27 06:52Z. 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 18.168, -42.683. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued: 2011-11-27 06:52Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MRCC FORT DE FRANCE 270107Z NOV 11.//
issued by: MRCC FORT DE FRANCE
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 18.168, -42.683
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTH ATLANTIC.
RED FLARE SIGHTED IN 18-10.09N 042-41.00W AT
262228Z NOV. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED
TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MRCC FORT DE FRANCE, TELEX: 42912008,
PHONE: 59 659 670 9292, FAX: 59 659 663 2450.

Reading this warning

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.
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.
Keep a sharp lookout: A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
Assist if possible: The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre): A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

4 within 180 nm since 2009 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Month of issue in the collected archive

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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

23 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 22:21Z; source collection times vary.

Other

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