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Red flare sighted in vicinity 13-17.9N 144-39.6E at 181430Z apr

North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1364/17

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2017-05-05 11:54Z

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) · RCC GUAM 181533Z APR 17.. Issued 2017-04-18 15:40Z. 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 Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 13.298, 144.660. 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 Pacific Ocean →

issued: 2017-04-18 15:40Z
status: Archived notice
authority: RCC GUAM 181533Z APR 17.
issued by: RCC GUAM
sea: North Pacific Ocean
position: 13.298, 144.660
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
GUAM.
DNC 12.
RED FLARE SIGHTED IN VICINITY 13-17.9N 144-39.6E
AT 181430Z APR. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED
TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO RCC GUAM, PHONE: 671 355 4824,
E-MAIL: RCCGUAM@USCG.MIL.

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.
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.
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.
Keep a sharp lookout: A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
Assist if possible: The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre): The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

34 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.

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

Uscg remote communication facility guam 13-29.00N 144-50.00E broadcast and communication services unreliableNav aids · 15 nm
Guam hf NAVTEX station, V, 13-29.0N 144-50.0E, off airNav aids · 15 nm
Hazardous operations 252000Z to 261000Z sep in area bound by 13-32.00N 144-04.00E, 13-32.00N 144-27.00E,…Exercises · 23.5 nm
Due to tropical storm bavi: 1. the following port(s) are closed: a. rota island 14-08.35N 145-08.09EStorms · 60.1 nm
Hazardous operations 2200Z to 1000Z daily 28 thru 30 sep in area bound by 12-40.00N 144-45.00E, 11-00.00N…Exercises · 103.6 nm
Hazardous operations 292300Z to 300900Z sep and 302300Z sep to 010700Z oct in area bound by 12-40.00N…Exercises · 103.6 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

23 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 06:14Z; source collection times vary.

Other

Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →

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