Torpedo firing exercises 0400Z to 1800Z daily 27 thru 30 sep within five miles of 43-49.5N 009-47.5E
Tyrrhenian Sea · HYDROLANT 2041/99
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 1999-09-30 19:00Z
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) · MARIDIPART LA SPEZIA 561/99 241310B SEP 99. Issued 1999-09-24 17:45Z. 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
- Tyrrhenian Sea. The parsed report position is 43.825, 9.792 with a 5.0 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 Tyrrhenian Sea →
Activity windows · 4 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-09-27 04:00Z | 1999-09-27 18:00Z | — | 14 h |
| 1999-09-28 04:00Z | 1999-09-28 18:00Z | — | 14 h |
| 1999-09-29 04:00Z | 1999-09-29 18:00Z | — | 14 h |
| 1999-09-30 04:00Z | 1999-09-30 18:00Z | — | 14 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 1999-09-24 17:45Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 1999-09-30 19:00Z
- authority
- MARIDIPART LA SPEZIA 561/99 241310B SEP 99
- issued by
- MARIDIPART LA SPEZIA
- sea
- Tyrrhenian Sea
- position
- 43.825, 9.792 · r 5.0 nm
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. TORPEDO FIRING EXERCISES 0400Z TO 1800Z DAILY 27 THRU 30 SEP WITHIN FIVE MILES OF 43-49.5N 009-47.5E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 301900Z SEP.
Reading this warning
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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.
- 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
237 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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 020001Z to 021200Z mar in area bound by 42-09.70N 006-40.56E, 41-22.00N 006-40.00E,…2022-03-01
- Hazardous operations 150700Z to 172300Z feb in areas bound by: a. 44-23.0N 008-40.2E, 44-23.5N 008-41.4E,…2022-02-13
- Hazardous operations 171100Z to 201800Z jan in area bound by 42-10.0N 007-47.4E, 42-10.0N 006-39.5E,…2022-01-13
- Hazardous operations in progess until 142359 nov in area bound by 42-09.52N 008-00.30E, 41-39.54N…2021-11-11
- Hazardous operations 110700Z to 152059 nov in area bound by 41-38N 007-29E, 41-22N 006-40E, 42-10N 006-40E,…2021-11-09
- Hazardous operations 090001Z to 112359Z nov in area bound by 42-09.1N 006-39.7E, 41-39.9N 006-40.7E,…2021-11-06
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
9 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 18:42Z; 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.