Red flare sighted in 19-12.7N 041-41.3W at 240836Z jan
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 235/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-01-26 17:50Z
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) · RCC NORFOLK 240903Z JAN 20.. Issued 2020-01-24 09:21Z. 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 19.212, -41.688. 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
- Cancel HYDROLANT 235/20 and this msg, assistance no longer neededlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2020-01-24 09:21Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC NORFOLK 240903Z JAN 20.
- issued by
- RCC NORFOLK
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 19.212, -41.688
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTH ATLANTIC. DNC 01. RED FLARE SIGHTED IN 19-12.7N 041-41.3W AT 240836Z JAN. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC NORFOLK, PHONE: 757 398 6231, FAX: 757 398 6392, E-MAIL: RCCNORFOLK@USCG.MIL, D05-SMB-D5CC@USCG.MIL.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- 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.
- 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.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
6 within 180 nm since 2009 · 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.
- Single handed atlantic crossing in drifting three meter barrel-shaped vessel, orange hull, in vicinity…2019-03-08
- Single handed atlantic crossing in drifting three meter barrel-shaped vessel, orange hull, in vicinity…2019-03-07
- Man over board from M/V professor logachev vicinity 19-26.8N 041-26.2W at 170016Z mar2015-03-17
- Red flare sighted in 18-10.09N 042-41.00W at 262228Z nov2011-11-27
- Aircraft reported possible flare or explosion vicinity 21-00N 042-40W2009-10-17
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
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 21:50Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.