Hazardous operations 0700Z to 1530Z daily 07 thru 11, 14 thru 18, 21 thru 25 and 28 thru 31 oct in area…
Tyrrhenian Sea · HYDROLANT 2219/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-10-31 16:30Z
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 122/02 050900Z OCT 02. Issued 2002-10-05 09:55Z. 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 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 Tyrrhenian Sea →
Activity windows · 5 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-10-07 07:00Z | 2002-10-07 15:30Z | — | 8 h 30 |
| 2002-10-08 07:00Z | 2002-10-08 15:30Z | — | 8 h 30 |
| 2002-10-09 07:00Z | 2002-10-09 15:30Z | — | 8 h 30 |
| 2002-10-10 07:00Z | 2002-10-10 15:30Z | — | 8 h 30 |
| 2002-10-11 07:00Z | 2002-10-11 15:30Z | — | 8 h 30 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2002-10-05 09:55Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2002-10-31 16:30Z
- authority
- MARISARDEGNA 122/02 050900Z OCT 02
- issued by
- MARISARDEGNA
- sea
- Tyrrhenian Sea
- position
- 39.577, 10.126
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0700Z TO 1530Z DAILY 07 THRU 11, 14 THRU 18, 21 THRU 25 AND 28 THRU 31 OCT IN AREA BOUND BY 40-00N 010-00E, 40-00N 010-30E, 39-10N 010-30E, 39-10N 010-00E, 39-26N 009-38E, 39-38N 009-38E. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2179/02 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 311630Z OCT.
Reading this warning
- Hazardous operations
- NGA's heading for activities that make an area dangerous — most often rocket launches, space debris and weapons firings, and some open-ended danger areas.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
345 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 0530Z to 1530Z daily 21 thru 28 apr and 02 thru 19 may in area bound by 39-42.84N…2023-04-21
- Hazardous operations 0600Z to 2200Z daily 21 and 22 mar in area bound by 38-52.00N 011-22.00E, 38-51.00N…2023-03-19
- Hazardous operations 0530Z to 1530Z daily 28 apr thru 27 may except saturdays and sundays in area bound by…2022-04-27
- Hazardous operations 070600Z to 071800Z in area bound by 38-57-00N 008-37-06E, 38-56-24N 008-31-42E,…2022-04-05
- Gunnery exercises 0530Z to 2030Z daily 28 thru 31 mar and 04 thru 07 apr and 0530Z to 1530Z daily 01 and 08…2022-03-26
- Gunnery exercises 0630Z to 1630Z daily 22 thru 25 mar and 0530Z to 2030Z daily 28 mar thru 01 apr and 04…2022-03-18
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
10 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 06:35Z; 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.