Gunnery exercises 0800Z to 1630Z daily: a. 02 thru 30 apr, except saturdays and sundays, in area bound by…
Tyrrhenian Sea · HYDROLANT 727/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-04-30 17:30Z
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) · MARISARDEGNA 26/02 290840Z MAR 02; NAVAREA V 414/02 AOR-E EGC # 283 291229Z MAR 02. Issued 2002-03-29 14:06Z. 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
- Man overboard from M/V elizabeth maersk in 01-36N 041-50W at 201030Z marcancelled by this notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Tyrrhenian Sea →
- issued
- 2002-03-29 14:06Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2002-04-30 17:30Z
- authority
- MARISARDEGNA 26/02 290840Z MAR 02; NAVAREA V 414/02 AOR-E EGC # 283 291229Z MAR 02
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
- issued by
- MARISARDEGNA
- sea
- Tyrrhenian Sea
- position
- 39.663, 10.656
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 0800Z TO 1630Z DAILY:
A. 02 THRU 30 APR, EXCEPT SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS,
IN AREA BOUND BY 40-00N 010-00E, 40-00N 010-30E,
39-10N 010-30E, 39-10N 010-00E, 39-26N 009-38E,
39-38N 009-38E.
B. 02 THRU 04, 09 THRU 11, 15 THRU 19, 23, 24, AND 26 APR IN
AREA BOUND BY 40-15N 010-00E, 40-15N 011-31E,
40-11N 011-33E, 39-32N 011-38E, 38-52N 011-28E,
39-10N 010-00E, 39-28N 009-38E, 39-43N 009-40E.
C. 15 THRU 19 APR IN AREA BOUND BY 40-37N 009-54E,
40-42N 011-17E, 40-11N 011-33E, 39-46N 011-36E,
38-02N 010-17E, 39-04N 010-08E, 39-26N 009-38E.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 649/02(24).
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 301730Z APR.
Reading this warning
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
349 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 0530Z to 1530Z daily 21 thru 28 apr and 02 thru 19 may in area bound by 39-42.84N…2023-04-21
- Hazardous operations 0600Z to 2200Z daily 24 thru 26 mar in area bound by 39-40.00N 014-14.00E, 39-26.00N…2023-03-21
- Hazardous operations 0600Z to 2200Z daily 21 and 22 mar in area bound by 38-52.00N 011-22.00E, 38-51.00N…2023-03-19
- Hazardous operations 0530Z to 1530Z daily 28 apr thru 27 may except saturdays and sundays in area bound by…2022-04-27
- Hazardous operations 070600Z to 071800Z in area bound by 38-57-00N 008-37-06E, 38-56-24N 008-31-42E,…2022-04-05
- Gunnery exercises 0530Z to 2030Z daily 28 thru 31 mar and 04 thru 07 apr and 0530Z to 1530Z daily 01 and 08…2022-03-26
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 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.