Exercises

Gunnery exercises 1600Z to 2300Z daily 07 and 08 jan in areas bound by: a. 40-45-00N 018-37-30E, 40-40-00N…

Adriatic Sea · HYDROLANT 22/99

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 1999-01-09 00:00Z

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). Issued 1999-01-06 09:20Z. 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
Adriatic Sea. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Related notices and cancellation links

Current notices and reporting history in the Adriatic Sea →

issued
1999-01-06 09:20Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
1999-01-09 00:01Z
sea
Adriatic Sea
position
40.708, 18.458
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 1600Z TO 2300Z DAILY 07 AND 08 JAN
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 40-45-00N 018-37-30E, 40-40-00N 018-37-30E,
      40-40-00N 018-21-20E, 40-45-00N 018-13-30E,
      40-45-00N 018-37-30E.
   B. 40-53-04N 018-10-53E, 41-05-00N 018-12-30E,
      41-05-00N 018-16-30E, 40-53-04N 018-28-58E,
      40-53-04N 018-10-53E.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2249/98(24).
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 090001Z JAN.

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

273 within 180 nm since 1996 · 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 02:05Z; 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.