Ordnance drop exercises 1000Z to 2115Z daily 23 thru 28 sep within 60 miles of 34-45N 009-00W
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2106/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-09-28 22:15Z
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) · 1. COMCARIDWING SEVENTEEN 191500Z SEP 02; PTNM. Issued 2002-09-20 06:10Z. 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 34.750, -9.000 with a 60.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Hazardous operations 241100Z to 241500Z sep within 105 miles of 33-00N 019-00Wcancelled by this notice
- Hazardous operations 241130Z to 241600Z sep, alternate 261130Z to 261600Z sep in area bound by 34-19.9N…cancelled by this notice
- Hazardous operation 241130Z to 241600Z sep, alternate 261130Z to 261600Z sep in area bound by 34-19.9N…cancelled by this notice
- Hazardous operations 241100Z to 241500Z sep within 105 miles of 33-00N 019-00Wcancelled by this notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
Activity windows · 6 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-09-23 10:00Z | 2002-09-23 21:15Z | — | 11 h 15 |
| 2002-09-24 10:00Z | 2002-09-24 21:15Z | — | 11 h 15 |
| 2002-09-25 10:00Z | 2002-09-25 21:15Z | — | 11 h 15 |
| 2002-09-26 10:00Z | 2002-09-26 21:15Z | — | 11 h 15 |
| 2002-09-27 10:00Z | 2002-09-27 21:15Z | — | 11 h 15 |
| 2002-09-28 10:00Z | 2002-09-28 21:15Z | — | 11 h 15 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2002-09-20 06:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2002-09-28 22:15Z
- authority
- 1. COMCARIDWING SEVENTEEN 191500Z SEP 02; PTNM
- issued by
- COMCARIDWING SEVENTEEN
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 34.750, -9.000 · r 60.0 nm
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. ORDNANCE DROP EXERCISES 1000Z TO 2115Z DAILY 23 THRU 28 SEP WITHIN 60 MILES OF 34-45N 009-00W. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2101/02, 2095/02 REFERS. 3. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2102/02, 2096/02 REFERS. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 282215Z SEP.
Reading this warning
- Unexploded ordnance
- Bombs, shells, mines or torpedoes found on the seabed or washed up, and the operations to remove or destroy them.
- 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.
- 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 · ordnance operations
1 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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.
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
0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-04 04:31Z; source collection times vary.
Ordnance
Ordnance disposal, underwater detonations and unexploded ordnance. All current ordnance operations →
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.