Gunnery exercises 032200Z to 282200Z sep in area bound by 42-16.5N 011-39.7E, 42-17.3N 011-33.5E, 42-12.6N…
Tyrrhenian Sea · HYDROLANT 2393/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-09-28 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) · NAVAREA III 449/01 030822Z SEP 01. Issued 2001-09-03 11:50Z. 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.
Current notices and reporting history in the Tyrrhenian Sea →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-09-03 22:00Z | 2001-09-28 22:00Z | — | 600 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2001-09-03 11:50Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2001-09-28 23:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 449/01 030822Z SEP 01
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Tyrrhenian Sea
- position
- 42.234, 11.619
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 032200Z TO 282200Z SEP IN AREA BOUND BY 42-16.5N 011-39.7E, 42-17.3N 011-33.5E, 42-12.6N 011-33.4E, 42-10.1N 011-40.3E, 42-15.1N 011-40.8E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 282300Z SEP.
Reading this warning
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
266 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 in progess until 142359 nov in area bound by 42-09.52N 008-00.30E, 41-39.54N…2021-11-11
- Hazardous operations 14 sep in area bound by 44-05N 009-00E, 43-58N 009-00E, 43-58N 008-50E, 44-05N 008-50E2021-09-11
- Hazardous operations 021100Z to 031600Z jun in areas bound by: a. 45-15.6N 012-45.2E, 45-18.2N 012-54.1E,…2021-05-31
- Hazardous operations 190600Z to 191800Z may in area within 25 miles of 41-43N 010-10E2021-05-18
- Gunnery exercises 230800Z to 231100Z mar in area bound by 41-55N 008-16E, 41-44N 008-06E, 41-55N 007-47E,…2021-03-20
- Hazardous operations 190001Z to 191400Z nov in area bound by 43-01N 009-07E, 42-30N 008-10E, 43-00N 007-50E,…2020-11-18
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 11:00Z; 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.