Eight meter long tree trunk adrift in 43-02.8N 007-49.2E at 121241Z mar
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · HYDROLANT 942/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-03-15 16:49Z
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 430/20 121544Z MAR 20.. Issued 2020-03-12 16:49Z. 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
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin. The parsed report position is 43.047, 7.820. 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 Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin →
- issued
- 2020-03-12 16:49Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-03-15 16:49Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 430/20 121544Z MAR 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
- position
- 43.047, 7.820
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. FRANCE. DNC 08. 1. EIGHT METER LONG TREE TRUNK ADRIFT IN 43-02.8N 007-49.2E AT 121241Z MAR. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 151649Z MAR 20.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
48 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.
- Nato exercise 180001Z to 202359Z oct in area bound by 38-00.00N 000-00.00E, 38-00.00N 015-00.00E, 44-00.00N…2023-10-14
- Bombing exercises 1300Z to 1600Z 23 and 24 feb in area bound by 42-10.0N 006-40.0E, 42-10.0N 007-46.5E,…2021-02-20
- Clean up operations in progress until further notice in area within ten miles of 43-14.9N 009-28.7E2018-10-11
- Mine clearing operations 231000Z to 241000Z apr by M/V HMS enterprise, M/V esps segura, M/V tgc anamur and…2018-04-19
- Red flare sighted in 43-29N 009-24E at 191900Z feb2015-02-19
- F/V uragano on fire in 41-58N 010-07E2014-10-05
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 2026-10-01 21:09Z; 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.