Gunnery exercises 161200Z to 161500Z aug within 20 miles of 39-03N 014-40E
Tyrrhenian Sea · HYDROLANT 2806/00
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2000-08-11 16:21Z
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) · USS BRISCOE OP #081601 081345Z AUG 00. Issued 2000-08-11 07:25Z. 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 39.050, 14.667 with a 20.0 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
- Gunnery exercises 160900Z to 161200Z aug within 20 miles of 39-03N 014-40Elater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Tyrrhenian Sea →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-08-16 12:00Z | 2000-08-16 15:00Z | — | 3 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2000-08-11 07:25Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2000-08-16 16:00Z
- authority
- USS BRISCOE OP #081601 081345Z AUG 00
- issued by
- USS BRISCOE OP
- sea
- Tyrrhenian Sea
- position
- 39.050, 14.667 · r 20.0 nm
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 161200Z TO 161500Z AUG WITHIN 20 MILES OF 39-03N 014-40E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 161600Z AUG.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
198 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 0600Z to 2200Z daily 24 thru 26 mar in area bound by 39-40.00N 014-14.00E, 39-26.00N…2023-03-21
- Hazardous operations 0600Z to 2200Z daily 21 and 22 mar in area bound by 38-52.00N 011-22.00E, 38-51.00N…2023-03-19
- Hazardous operations 260400Z feb to 101800Z mar in area bound by 37-00.00N 011-00.00E, 39-00.00N 011-00.00E,…2023-02-20
- Hazardous operations 220400Z feb to 081200Z mar in area bound by 36-00N 015-00E, 37-50N 015-00E, 37-50N…2021-02-21
- Hazardous operations 160001Z feb to 082259Z mar in areas bound by: a. 36-00N 015-00E 37-50N 015-00E, 37-50N…2021-02-14
- Hazardous operations 210600Z to 230400Z jan in area bound by 36-00N 015-00E, 38-00N 016-45E, 38-00N 018-00E,…2021-01-20
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
9 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 15:14Z; 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.