Gunnery exercises 121000Z to 121300Z sep in area bound by 42-25N 006-15E, 42-25N 007-09E, 42-00N 007-09E,…
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · HYDROLANT 3134/00
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2000-09-11 06:30Z
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) · CECMED 102101Z SEP 00; NAVAREA III 372/00 081225Z SEP 00. Issued 2000-09-10 21:20Z. 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
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin. 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
- Gunnery exercises 121000Z to 121300Z sep in area bound by 42-25N 006-15E, 42-25N 007-09E, 42-00N 007-09E,…cancelled by this notice
- Cable operations 09 thru 24 sep by cableship vercors along trackline between 40-00N 047-00W and 40-00N 046-00Wcancelled by this notice
- Gunnery exercises 121000Z to 121300Z sep in area bound by 42-25N 006-15E, 42-25N 007-09E, 42-00N 007-09E,…later cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-09-12 10:00Z | 2000-09-12 13:00Z | — | 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
- 2000-09-10 21:20Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2000-09-12 14:00Z
- authority
- CECMED 102101Z SEP 00; NAVAREA III 372/00 081225Z SEP 00
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- issued by
- CECMED
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
- position
- 42.187, 6.680
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 121000Z TO 121300Z SEP IN AREA BOUND BY 42-25N 006-15E, 42-25N 007-09E, 42-00N 007-09E, 42-00N 006-40E, 41-55N 006-40E, 41-55N 006-15E. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 3116/00. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 121400Z SEP.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
276 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 0530Z to 1530Z daily 21 thru 28 apr and 02 thru 19 may in area bound by 39-42.84N…2023-04-21
- Hazardous operations 0530Z to 1530Z daily 28 apr thru 27 may except saturdays and sundays in area bound by…2022-04-27
- Gunnery exercises 0530Z to 2030Z daily 28 thru 31 mar and 04 thru 07 apr and 0530Z to 1530Z daily 01 and 08…2022-03-26
- Gunnery exercises 0630Z to 1630Z daily 22 thru 25 mar and 0530Z to 2030Z daily 28 mar thru 01 apr and 04…2022-03-18
- Hazardous operations 031200Z to 051200Z mar in area bound by 41-40.0N 006-40.0E, 40-00.0N 007-30.0E,…2022-03-01
- Hazardous operations 020001Z to 021200Z mar in area bound by 42-09.70N 006-40.56E, 41-22.00N 006-40.00E,…2022-03-01
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
9 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 15:52Z; 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.