Hazardous operations
Alboran Sea · HYDROLANT 2768/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-11-26 15:00Z
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 506/12 231255Z NOV 12.. Issued 2012-11-23 14:47Z. 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
- Alboran Sea. The parsed report position is 35.897, -4.367. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-11-26 06:00Z | 2012-11-26 14:00Z | — | 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
- 2012-11-23 14:47Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2012-11-26 15:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 506/12 231255Z NOV 12.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Alboran Sea
- position
- 35.897, -4.367
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 260600Z TO 261400Z NOV 36-15.0N 004-52.0W, 36-15.0N 003-20.0W, 35-30.0N 003-20.0W, 35-30.0N 004-40.0W, 35-43.0N 005-00.0W, 36-10.0N 005-00.0W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 261500Z NOV 12.
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.
- 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.
- 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
83 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.
- Gunnery exercises 01 feb thru 08 mar in area bound by: 33-41.04N 008-03.04W, 33-41.04N 008-26.91W, 33-48.57N…2024-01-26
- Hazardous operations 170800Z to 241200Z nov in area bound by 20-00.00N 020-00.00W, 53-00.00N 020-00.00W,…2022-11-16
- Hazardous operations 0100Z to 1500Z daily 25 thru 28 apr in area bound by 36-01-18N 001-17-48W, 35-34-30N…2022-04-25
- Hazardous operations 0800Z to 1700Z daily 18 thru 21 jan in area bound by 36-01.18N 001-17.48W, 35-34.30N…2022-01-18
- Hazardous operations in progress until 012359Z dec in area bound by 35-37.0N 001-10.0W, 35-51.6N 001-10.0W,…2021-11-30
- Hazardous operations 302000Z nov to 011800Z dec in area bound by 35-37.0N 001-10.0W, 35-51.6N 001-10.0W,…2021-11-30
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 08:32Z; 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.