Bombing exercises: a. 300800Z to 301500Z mar in area between 37-50-00N 38-10-00N and 006-47-00E 008-32-18E
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 607/09
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2009-04-02 17:00Z
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) · CTF 69 272143Z MAR 09.. Issued 2009-03-28 09:49Z. 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
- North Atlantic Ocean. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
Activity windows · 2 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-03-30 08:00Z | 2009-03-30 15:00Z | — | 7 h |
| 2009-04-02 09:00Z | 2009-04-02 16:00Z | — | 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
- 2009-03-28 09:49Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2009-04-02 17:00Z
- authority
- CTF 69 272143Z MAR 09.
- issued by
- CTF
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 45.352, -9.761
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. BOMBING EXERCISES:
A. 300800Z TO 301500Z MAR IN AREA BETWEEN
37-50-00N 38-10-00N AND 006-47-00E 008-32-18E.
B. 020900Z TO 021600Z APR IN AREA BOUND BY
44-45-30N 009-35-24W, 45-49-52N 009-00-12W,
45-49-52N 010-02-15W, 44-59-48N 010-29-42W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 021700Z APR.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
18 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.
- Numerous 13 meter long containers, blue and orange color, adrift in vicinity 43-45.00N 006-30.00W at 311145Z…2023-04-01
- Underwater exercises 190830Z to 191730Z nov in area within 40 miles of 46-00.00N 006-40.00W2022-11-17
- Red flare sighted in vicinity 47-18.0N 009-00.3W2020-02-25
- 24 meter F/V rachel jay requesting assistance in 46-26.5N 006-25.20W2019-12-22
- Nine meter S/V lofoten III requesting assistance in 43-57N 012-19W2019-03-26
- Cabo torinana light 43-03.2N 009-17.9W at reduced intensity2019-01-13
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
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 03:26Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.