Gunnery exercises 021100Z to 021800Z jan within 30 miles of 41-25N 003-20E
Balearic (Iberian Sea) · HYDROLANT 4246/00
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-01-02 19:00Z
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) · SHIP RPT USS PORTER 271647Z DEC 00. Issued 2000-12-27 18:19Z. 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
- Balearic (Iberian Sea). The parsed report position is 41.417, 3.333 with a 30.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Balearic (Iberian Sea) →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-01-02 11:00Z | 2001-01-02 18:00Z | — | 7 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2000-12-27 18:19Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2001-01-02 19:00Z
- authority
- SHIP RPT USS PORTER 271647Z DEC 00
- issued by
- SHIP RPT USS PORTER
- sea
- Balearic (Iberian Sea)
- position
- 41.417, 3.333 · r 30.0 nm
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 021100Z TO 021800Z JAN WITHIN 30 MILES OF 41-25N 003-20E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 021900Z JAN 2001.
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
110 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 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 171100Z to 201800Z jan in area bound by 42-10.0N 007-47.4E, 42-10.0N 006-39.5E,…2022-01-13
- Hazardous operations 110700Z to 152059 nov in area bound by 41-38N 007-29E, 41-22N 006-40E, 42-10N 006-40E,…2021-11-09
- Hazardous operations 141900Z to 150200Z sep in area bound by 42-10.0N 006-40.0E, 42-10.0N 007-46.5E,…2021-09-13
- Hazardous operations 141100Z to 141600Z and 161700Z to 162300Z sep in area bound by 42-10.0N 006-40.0E,…2021-09-13
- Gunnery exercises 021200Z to 021800Z aug in area bound by 42-10N 006-40E, 42-10N 007-47E, 41-38N 007-30E,…2021-07-31
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
28 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 15:23Z; 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.