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Bombing exercises 0001Z to 1000Z daily 01 thru 06, 08, 09, 13, 15 thru 20, 22 thru 27, 29 and 30 sep in area…

Japan Sea · HYDROPAC 1473/03

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2003-09-30 11:00Z

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 XI 425/03 260805Z AUG 03. Issued 2003-08-26 13:15Z. 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the Japan Sea →

Activity windows · 6 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2003-09-01 00:01Z	2003-09-01 10:00Z	—	9 h 59
2003-09-02 00:01Z	2003-09-02 10:00Z	—	9 h 59
2003-09-03 00:01Z	2003-09-03 10:00Z	—	9 h 59
2003-09-04 00:01Z	2003-09-04 10:00Z	—	9 h 59
2003-09-05 00:01Z	2003-09-05 10:00Z	—	9 h 59
2003-09-06 00:01Z	2003-09-06 10:00Z	—	9 h 59

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

issued: 2003-08-26 13:15Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2003-09-30 11:00Z
authority: NAVAREA XI 425/03 260805Z AUG 03
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea: Japan Sea
position: 37.904, 130.011
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. BOMBING EXERCISES 0001Z TO 1000Z DAILY
   01 THRU 06, 08, 09, 13, 15 THRU 20,
   22 THRU 27, 29 AND 30 SEP
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   38-08N 129-51E, 38-08N 130-10E,
   37-39N 130-10E, 37-42N 129-51E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 301100Z SEP.

Reading this warning

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.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

87 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.

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

21 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-04 05:09Z; source collection times vary.

Other

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

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.