Gunnery exercises 0600Z to 2359Z daily 02 thru 17 mar in areas: a. between 35-50N 35-30N and 004-40W 004-20W
Alboran Sea · HYDROLANT 435/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-03-18 00:59Z
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 144/03 251336Z FEB 03. Issued 2003-02-25 15:30Z. 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
- Alboran 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.
Activity windows · 16 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-03-02 06:00Z | 2003-03-02 23:59Z | — | 17 h 59 |
| 2003-03-03 06:00Z | 2003-03-03 23:59Z | — | 17 h 59 |
| 2003-03-04 06:00Z | 2003-03-04 23:59Z | — | 17 h 59 |
| 2003-03-05 06:00Z | 2003-03-05 23:59Z | — | 17 h 59 |
| 2003-03-06 06:00Z | 2003-03-06 23:59Z | — | 17 h 59 |
| 2003-03-07 06:00Z | 2003-03-07 23:59Z | — | 17 h 59 |
| 2003-03-08 06:00Z | 2003-03-08 23:59Z | — | 17 h 59 |
| 2003-03-09 06:00Z | 2003-03-09 23:59Z | — | 17 h 59 |
| … 8 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2003-02-25 15:30Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2003-03-18 00:59Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 144/03 251336Z FEB 03
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Alboran Sea
- position
- 35.712, -4.737
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 0600Z TO 2359Z DAILY
02 THRU 17 MAR IN AREAS:
A. BETWEEN 35-50N 35-30N AND 004-40W 004-20W.
B. BETWEEN 35-50N 35-30N AND 004-00W 004-20W.
C. BETWEEN 35-50N 35-30N AND 003-40W 004-00W.
D. BETWEEN 35-50N 35-30N AND 003-30W 003-20W.
E. BOUND BY 35-50N 004-50W, 35-50N 004-40W,
35-30N 004-40W, 35-43N 004-50W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 180059Z MAR.
Reading this warning
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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.
- 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
80 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.
- Gunnery exercises 01 feb thru 08 mar in area bound by: 33-41.04N 008-03.04W, 33-41.04N 008-26.91W, 33-48.57N…2024-01-26
- Hazardous operations 170800Z to 241200Z nov in area bound by 20-00.00N 020-00.00W, 53-00.00N 020-00.00W,…2022-11-16
- Hazardous operations 0100Z to 1500Z daily 25 thru 28 apr in area bound by 36-01-18N 001-17-48W, 35-34-30N…2022-04-25
- Hazardous operations 0800Z to 1700Z daily 18 thru 21 jan in area bound by 36-01.18N 001-17.48W, 35-34.30N…2022-01-18
- Hazardous operations in progress until 012359Z dec in area bound by 35-37.0N 001-10.0W, 35-51.6N 001-10.0W,…2021-11-30
- Hazardous operations 302000Z nov to 011800Z dec in area bound by 35-37.0N 001-10.0W, 35-51.6N 001-10.0W,…2021-11-30
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 10:29Z; 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.