Gunnery exercises 2300Z to 0600Z commencing daily 24 thru 26 may in areas bound by: a. 49-06.0N 140-30.5E,…
Japan Sea · HYDROPAC 1034/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-05-27 07:00Z
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 XIII 17/10 19 MAY 10.. Issued 2010-05-19 15:03Z. 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
- Japan 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.
Activity windows · 3 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-05-24 23:00Z | 2010-05-25 06:00Z | — | 7 h |
| 2010-05-25 23:00Z | 2010-05-26 06:00Z | — | 7 h |
| 2010-05-26 23:00Z | 2010-05-27 06:00Z | — | 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
- 2010-05-19 15:03Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2010-05-27 07:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIII 17/10 19 MAY 10.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Japan Sea
- position
- 49.017, 140.747
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
TATARSKIY PROLIV.
GUNNERY.
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 2300Z TO 0600Z COMMENCING
DAILY 24 THRU 26 MAY IN AREAS BOUND BY:
A. 49-06.0N 140-30.5E, 49-20.0N 140-39.5E,
49-20.0N 140-44.0E, 49-06.5N 140-44.0E.
B. 48-48.0N 140-44.5E, 49-02.0N 140-33.0E,
49-02.0N 140-57.0E, 48-48.0N 140-57.0E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 270700Z MAY.
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.
- 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
43 within 180 nm since 2004 · 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 2200Z to 1300Z daily 19 jun thru 14 jul in area bound by 47-01.00N 141-20.80E,…2025-06-16
- Gunnery exercises 2200Z to 1300Z daily 25 may to 19 jun in area bound by 47-01.00N 141-20.80E, 46-57.50N…2025-06-04
- Gunnery exercises 2200Z to 1300Z daily 23 jan thu 20 feb in area bound by 47-01.00N 141-20.80E, 46-57.50N…2025-01-18
- Gunnery exercises 2200Z to 1200Z daily 30 sep thru 24 oct in area bound by 47-01.00N 141-20.80E, 46-57.50N…2024-09-25
- Gunnery exercises 2200Z to 1200Z daily 17 thru 29 apr in area bound by 47-01.00N 141-20.80E, 46-57.50N…2024-04-16
- Gunnery exercises 2200Z to 1200Z daily 13 thru 28 mar in area bound by 46-57.50N 141-34.50E, 47-01.00N…2024-03-11
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 2026-10-03 15:14Z; 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.