Hazardous operations: a. 160001Z to 302359Z may in area bound by 41-40N 018-45E, 41-40N 019-20E, 41-15N…
Adriatic Sea · HYDROLANT 952/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-05-31 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 61 142301Z MAY 03. Issued 2003-05-15 05:40Z. 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
- Adriatic 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
Activity windows · 2 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-05-16 00:01Z | 2003-05-30 23:59Z | — | 359 h 58 |
| 2003-05-19 00:01Z | 2003-05-26 23:59Z | — | 191 h 58 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2003-05-15 05:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2003-05-31 00:59Z
- authority
- CTF 61 142301Z MAY 03
- issued by
- CTF
- sea
- Adriatic Sea
- position
- 40.904, 19.357
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS:
A. 160001Z TO 302359Z MAY IN AREA BOUND BY
41-40N 018-45E, 41-40N 019-20E,
41-15N 019-20E, 41-05N 019-05E,
41-15N 018-45E.
B. 160001Z TO 302359Z MAY IN AREA BOUND BY
41-37N 018-39E, 41-27N 018-53E,
41-37N 019-06E, 41-47N 018-53E.
C. 160001Z TO 302359Z MAY IN AREA BOUND BY
41-31N 019-06E, 41-23N 019-18E,
41-31N 019-29E, 41-40N 019-17E.
D. 190001Z TO 262359Z MAY IN AREA BOUND BY
40-00N 019-00E, 40-25N 019-00E,
40-31N 019-10E, 40-31N 019-20E,
40-25N 019-25E, 40-00N 019-25E.
E. 190001Z TO 262359Z MAY WITHIN TEN MILES
OF TRACKLINE JOINING
41-00N 019-55E, 40-30N 019-30E,
40-40N 019-10E, 41-10N 019-35E.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 942/03.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 310059Z MAY.
Reading this warning
- Hazardous operations
- NGA's heading for activities that make an area dangerous — most often rocket launches, space debris and weapons firings, and some open-ended danger areas.
- 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.
- 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.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- Track line joining
- Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
266 within 180 nm since 1996 · 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 080700Z to 082100Z mar in area bound by 41-32.00N 018-31.00E, 41-27.00N 018-23.00E,…2023-03-04
- Hazardous operations 0700Z to 2100Z daily 11 thru 13 and 17 thru 19 feb in area bound by 41-32.00N…2023-02-07
- Hazardous operations 0700Z to 2100Z daily 11 thru 13 jan in area bound by 41-32.00N 018-31.00E, 41-27.00N…2023-01-07
- Hazardous operations 0700Z to 2100Z daily 13 and 14 dec in area bound by 41-32.00N 018-31.00E, 41-27.00N…2022-12-08
- Hazardous operations 250700Z to 252100Z nov in area bound by 41-32.00N 018-31.00E, 41-27.00N 018-23.00E,…2022-11-07
- Hazardous operations 100700Z to 112100Z nov in area bound by 41-32.00N 018-31.00E, 41-27.00N 018-23.00E,…2022-11-07
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 09:29Z; 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.