Bombing exercises 031530Z to 032230Z jun in area bound by 40-00N 005-00E, 40-00N 007-00E, 37-30N 007-00E,…
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · HYDROLANT 999/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-06-03 23:30Z
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) · CTF 69 301343Z MAY 10.. Issued 2010-06-01 07:32Z. 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 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 Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-06-03 15:30Z | 2010-06-03 22:30Z | — | 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
- 2010-06-01 07:32Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2010-06-03 23:30Z
- authority
- CTF 69 301343Z MAY 10.
- issued by
- CTF
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
- position
- 38.635, 5.654
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. ORDNANCE. 1. BOMBING EXERCISES 031530Z TO 032230Z JUN IN AREA BOUND BY 40-00N 005-00E, 40-00N 007-00E, 37-30N 007-00E, 37-30N 004-00E, 39-00N 004-00E, 39-00N 005-00E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 032330Z JUN.
Reading this warning
- Unexploded ordnance
- Bombs, shells, mines or torpedoes found on the seabed or washed up, and the operations to remove or destroy them.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · ordnance operations
18 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- Bombing exercises: a. 020600Z to 022000Z dec in area between 34-00N 35-00N and 027-00E 028-00E2010-11-30
- Bombing exercises 170815Z to 170900Z jul within ten miles of 38-00N 004-39E2010-07-16
- Ordnance detonation 05 jul, alternate 06 jul within 4000 meters of 40-46.5N 008-04.5E2005-07-04
- Ordnance drop exercises 31 may within 4000 meters of 38-59.6N 008-18.6E2005-05-30
- Underwater ordnance detonations 05 may within three miles of 39-07.3N 009-11.7E2005-05-05
- Ordnance clearing operations in progress until 13 apr in 38-56.5N 009-04.5E2005-04-12
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-30 21:52Z; source collection times vary.
Ordnance
Ordnance disposal, underwater detonations and unexploded ordnance. All current ordnance operations →
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.