Bombing exercises in progress until 302359Z apr within 25 miles of 37-33N 017-49E
Ionian Sea · HYDROLANT 630/09
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2009-05-01 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) · CTF 69 311433Z MAR 09.. Issued 2009-04-01 11:07Z. 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
- Ionian Sea. The parsed report position is 37.550, 17.817 with a 25.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2009-04-01 11:07Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2009-05-01 00:59Z
- authority
- CTF 69 311433Z MAR 09.
- issued by
- CTF
- sea
- Ionian Sea
- position
- 37.550, 17.817 · r 25.0 nm
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. BOMBING EXERCISES IN PROGRESS UNTIL 302359Z APR WITHIN 25 MILES OF 37-33N 017-49E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 010059Z MAY.
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.
- 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 · other warnings
66 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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.
- Collision between 2 vessels in 36-27.00N 015-15.00E at 220930Z apr2024-04-22
- Naval operations 250600Z feb to 081800Z mar in area bound by 37-00.00N 011-00.00E, 39-00.00N 011-00.00E,…2024-02-20
- Vessel requesting assistance in 36-27.00N 016-05.00E at 270630Z jul2023-07-27
- 20 meter vessel requesting assistance in 38-42.00N 018-53.00E at 240637Z nov2022-11-24
- M/V bellatrix on fire2020-04-08
- Vessel in need of assistance in 37-22N 017-48E2016-03-29
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
21 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 23:16Z; 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.