Underwater ordnance detonations 0700Z to 1700Z daily 04 thru 07 feb within one mile of 43-59-00N 009-55-30E
Tyrrhenian Sea · HYDROLANT 250/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-02-04 17:20Z
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) · MARIDIPART LA SPEZIA 40/02 011157Z FEB 02. Issued 2002-02-01 16:59Z. 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 parsed report position is 43.983, 9.925 with a 1.0 nm radius. 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
- Hazardous operations 061300Z to 061600Z feb within one mile of 44-04N 009-39Elater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Tyrrhenian Sea →
Activity windows · 4 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-02-04 07:00Z | 2002-02-04 17:00Z | — | 10 h |
| 2002-02-05 07:00Z | 2002-02-05 17:00Z | — | 10 h |
| 2002-02-06 07:00Z | 2002-02-06 17:00Z | — | 10 h |
| 2002-02-07 07:00Z | 2002-02-07 17:00Z | — | 10 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2002-02-01 16:59Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2002-02-07 18:00Z
- authority
- MARIDIPART LA SPEZIA 40/02 011157Z FEB 02
- issued by
- MARIDIPART LA SPEZIA
- sea
- Tyrrhenian Sea
- position
- 43.983, 9.925 · r 1.0 nm
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. UNDERWATER ORDNANCE DETONATIONS 0700Z TO 1700Z DAILY 04 THRU 07 FEB WITHIN ONE MILE OF 43-59-00N 009-55-30E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 071800Z FEB.
Reading this warning
- Unexploded ordnance
- Bombs, shells, mines or torpedoes found on the seabed or washed up, and the operations to remove or destroy them.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- 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.
- 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 · ordnance operations
77 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.
- Underwater ordnance detonations 13 jul, alternate 14 jul in 41-17.2N 009-30.6E2006-07-12
- Ordnance drop exercises 01 apr within 4000 meters of 41-18.1N 009-29.0E2005-03-31
- Ordnance detonations 02 nov, alternate 03 nov within 4000 meters of 41-15.1N 009-36.2E2004-11-02
- Underwater ordnance detonations 03 feb within 4000 meters of 41-15.1N 009-36.2E2004-02-03
- Underwater ordnance detonations 08 aug vicinity 41-17.2N 009-30.6E2002-08-07
- Unexploded ordnance on wreck within 500 meters of 44-03-38N 009-45-06E2002-02-17
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
0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 13:34Z; source collection times vary.
Ordnance
Ordnance disposal, underwater detonations and unexploded ordnance. All current ordnance operations →
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.