Exercises

Hazardous operations 0700Z to 1500Z daily 20 and 21 feb in area bound by 44-02.95N 009-56.90E, 44-02.20N…

Tyrrhenian Sea · HYDROLANT 400/02

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2002-02-21 16:00Z

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) · MARDIPART LA SPEZIA 73/02 181225Z FEB 02; MARISICILIA 52/02 181526A FEB 02. Issued 2002-02-19 15:21Z. 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 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

Current notices and reporting history in the Tyrrhenian Sea →

issued
2002-02-19 15:21Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2002-02-21 16:00Z
authority
MARDIPART LA SPEZIA 73/02 181225Z FEB 02; MARISICILIA 52/02 181526A FEB 02
issued by
MARDIPART LA SPEZIA
sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
position
44.029, 9.969
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0700Z TO 1500Z DAILY 20 AND 21 FEB
   IN AREA BOUND BY 44-02.95N 009-56.90E, 44-02.20N 009-56.70E,
   44-00.82N 009-57.60E, 44-00.82N 010-00.00E, 44-02.35N 009-58.90E.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 350/02(54), OPERATIONS COMPLETED.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 211600Z FEB.

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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · military exercises

210 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 08:06Z; 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.