Gunnery exercises 0630Z to 1230Z daily 24 thru 27 feb in area bound by 45-03.5N 036-22.5E, 44-52.1N…
Black Sea · HYDROLANT 313/04
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2004-02-27 13:30Z
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 85/04 231039Z FEB 04; MARISICILIA 49/04 211930A FEB 04. Issued 2004-02-23 11:10Z. 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
- Black 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Capo bonifati light 39-32.5N 015-53.3E unlitcancelled by this notice
Activity windows · 4 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-02-24 06:30Z | 2004-02-24 12:30Z | — | 6 h |
| 2004-02-25 06:30Z | 2004-02-25 12:30Z | — | 6 h |
| 2004-02-26 06:30Z | 2004-02-26 12:30Z | — | 6 h |
| 2004-02-27 06:30Z | 2004-02-27 12:30Z | — | 6 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2004-02-23 11:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2004-02-27 13:30Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 85/04 231039Z FEB 04; MARISICILIA 49/04 211930A FEB 04
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Black Sea
- position
- 44.938, 36.113
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 0630Z TO 1230Z DAILY 24 THRU 27 FEB IN AREA BOUND BY 45-03.5N 036-22.5E, 44-52.1N 036-22.5E, 44-49.6N 035-50.5E, 44-59.9N 035-50.5E. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1995/03(53), AID RESTORED. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 271330Z FEB.
Reading this warning
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROLANT
- The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.
- 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 · military exercises
1268 within 180 nm since 1999 · 2 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 1000Z to 1130Z daily 30 sep thru 02 oct in area bound by 41-10.77N 040-50.82E,…2026-09-27
- Hazardous operations 1000Z to 1130Z daily 30 sep thru 02 oct in area bound by 41-10.77N 040-50.82E,…2026-09-25
- Hazardous operations 102101Z to 162130Z mar in area bound by 42-38.02N 037-46.57E, 42-40.35N 037-40.37E,…2024-03-07
- Hazardous operations 0300Z to 0430Z daily 23 thru 25 may in area bound by 42-44.37N 031-32.30E, 42-42.88N…2023-05-19
- Hazardous operations 222059Z to 312359Z dec in area bound by 42-38.00N 037-48.57E, 42-40.35N 037-40.37E,…2022-12-19
- Hazardous operations 0400Z to 1400Z daily 15 thru 17 dec in area bound by 42-01.62N 035-10.37E, 42-15.53N…2022-12-14
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 04:33Z; 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.