Gunnery exercises 141000Z to 141500Z may within 20 miles of 36-34N 007-07W
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 999/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-05-14 16:00Z
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 II 156/12 111337Z MAY 12.. Issued 2012-05-11 14:40Z. 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
- North Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 36.567, -7.117 with a 20.0 nm radius. 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 North Atlantic Ocean →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-05-14 10:00Z | 2012-05-14 15:00Z | — | 5 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2012-05-11 14:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2012-05-14 16:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA II 156/12 111337Z MAY 12.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 36.567, -7.117 · r 20.0 nm
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. BAY OF CADIZ. GUNNERY. 1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 141000Z TO 141500Z MAY WITHIN 20 MILES OF 36-34N 007-07W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 141600Z MAY.
Reading this warning
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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 · military exercises
84 within 180 nm since 1999 · 6 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 300001Z to 302359Z sep in area bound by 33-41.00N 008-03.00W, 33-41.00N 008-26.00W,…2026-09-29
- Special operations2026-09-29
- Hazardous operations 170001Z to 172359Z sep in area bound by 33-41.00N 008-03.00W, 33-41.00N 008-26.00W,…2026-09-16
- Special operations2026-09-16
- Special operations2026-09-15
- Special operations2026-09-15
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
9 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-04 03:13Z; 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.