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Lynmouth foreland light 51-14.7N 003-47.2W unreliable 0800Z to 1600Z daily 10 thru 12 sep

Bristol Channel · HYDROLANT 2753/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-09-12 17:00Z

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) · WZ 831/19 090833Z SEP 19.. Issued 2019-09-10 10:30Z. 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: Bristol Channel. The parsed report position is 51.245, -3.787. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Bristol Channel →

Activity windows · 3 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2019-09-10 08:00Z	2019-09-10 16:00Z	—	8 h
2019-09-11 08:00Z	2019-09-11 16:00Z	—	8 h
2019-09-12 08:00Z	2019-09-12 16:00Z	—	8 h

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

issued: 2019-09-10 10:30Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2019-09-12 17:00Z
authority: WZ 831/19 090833Z SEP 19.
issued by: WZ
sea: Bristol Channel
position: 51.245, -3.787
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BRISTOL CHANNEL.
ENGLAND.
DNC 20.
1. LYNMOUTH FORELAND LIGHT 51-14.7N 003-47.2W
   UNRELIABLE 0800Z TO 1600Z DAILY
   10 THRU 12 SEP.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 121700Z SEP 19.

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.
Inoperative / unreliable / off air: An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices

1722 within 180 nm since 1997 · 3 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.

Bull point light in 51-12.00N 004-12.10W unreliable2026-09-24
Newhaven breakwater, head light 50-46.50N 000-03.50E unlit2026-09-06
Fowey light 50-19.60N 004-38.90W unreliable2026-07-27
Balbriggan island light 53-36.80N 006-10.80W unreliable2024-09-25
Mf r/t and dsc services at scillies site 49-55.70N 006-18.20W off air2024-09-05
NAVTEX station corsen (w) 48-28.00N 005-03.00W off air2024-09-01

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

137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 06:40Z; source collection times vary.

Nav aids

Lights extinguished, buoys off station, RACON/NAVTEX outages. All current aids-to-navigation notices →

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.