Hazardous operations 0300Z to 1400Z daily 14 thru 17 apr in area bound by 21-06.0N 038-58.5E, 21-05.5N…
Red Sea · HYDROPAC 1204/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-04-12 15:13Z
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 IX 100/19 011500Z APR 19.. Issued 2019-04-10 09:16Z. 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
- Red 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 · 4 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-14 03:00Z | 2019-04-14 14:00Z | — | 11 h |
| 2019-04-15 03:00Z | 2019-04-15 14:00Z | — | 11 h |
| 2019-04-16 03:00Z | 2019-04-16 14:00Z | — | 11 h |
| 2019-04-17 03:00Z | 2019-04-17 14:00Z | — | 11 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2019-04-10 09:16Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2019-04-17 15:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 100/19 011500Z APR 19.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Red Sea
- position
- 21.159, 39.043
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
RED SEA. SAUDI ARABIA. DNC 10. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0300Z TO 1400Z DAILY 14 THRU 17 APR IN AREA BOUND BY 21-06.0N 038-58.5E, 21-05.5N 039-07.0E, 21-13.5N 039-06.2E, 21-13.4N 038-58.5E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 171500Z APR 19.
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.
- 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.
- 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
86 within 180 nm since 2002 · 3 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 0300Z to 1500Z daily 06 thru 10 sep in area bound by 21-06.00N 038-58.30E, 21-05.35N…2026-09-01
- Hazardous operations in progress until further notice in area bound by 21-31.95N 038-54.85E, 21-29.50N…2026-08-17
- Hazardous operations 0400Z to 1600Z daily: a. 17 aug in area bound by 20-08.28N 040-05.14E, 20-08.28N…2026-08-11
- Hazardous operations 29 sep thru 03 oct in area bound by 21-13.40N 038-58.50E, 21-13.50N 039-06.20E,…2024-09-27
- Hazardous operations 0500Z to 1200Z daily 07 thru 09 may in area bound by 21-28.50N 039-01.80E, 21-28.50N…2024-05-06
- Hazardous operations 07 thru 09 may in area bound by 21-28.50N 039-01.80E, 21-28.50N 038-18.75E, 20-48.80N…2024-05-06
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 20:32Z; 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.