Exercises

Gunnery exercises 0600Z to 2200Z daily 13 thru 15, 18 thru 22 and 25 oct in area bound by 38-57-00N…

Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · HYDROLANT 2192/99

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 1999-10-25 23:00Z

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) · MARISARDEGNA 110/99 130914Z OCT 99. Issued 1999-10-13 15:09Z. 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
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin →

Activity windows · 3 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
1999-10-13 06:00Z1999-10-13 22:00Z—16 h
1999-10-14 06:00Z1999-10-14 22:00Z—16 h
1999-10-15 06:00Z1999-10-15 22:00Z—16 h

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

issued
1999-10-13 15:09Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
1999-10-25 23:00Z
authority
MARISARDEGNA 110/99 130914Z OCT 99
issued by
MARISARDEGNA
sea
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
position
38.844, 8.618
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 0600Z TO 2200Z DAILY 13 THRU 15,
   18 THRU 22 AND 25 OCT IN AREA BOUND BY 38-57-00N 008-37-06E,
   38-56-00N 008-27-00E, 38-49-00N 008-26-00E, 38-43-30N 008-41-15E,
   38-46-15N 008-48-00E, 38-50-00N 008-48-00E, 38-55-10N 008-42-30E.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2162/99.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 252300Z OCT.

Reading this warning

Gunnery and live firing
Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
Area bound by
Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · military exercises

350 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

9 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 19:51Z; 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.