Bombing exercises 270100Z to 270250Z and 270430Z to 270830Z aug, alternate 0100Z to 0250Z and 0430Z to 0830Z…
Yellow Sea · HYDROPAC 1521/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-08-30 09:30Z
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 528/02 220808Z AUG 02; US FORCES KOREA 220135Z AUG 02; AUSSAR POR EGC#5387 220605Z AUG 02. Issued 2002-08-22 11:40Z. 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
- Yellow 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
- The united nations command in seoul, republic of korea, announces military salvage operations 041501Z aug…cancelled by this notice
- Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 21-32S 151-13E at 220327Z augcancelled by this notice
Activity windows · 8 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-08-27 01:00Z | 2002-08-27 02:50Z | — | 1 h 50 |
| 2002-08-27 04:30Z | 2002-08-27 08:30Z | — | 4 h |
| 2002-08-28 01:00Z | 2002-08-28 02:50Z | — | 1 h 50 |
| 2002-08-28 04:30Z | 2002-08-28 08:30Z | — | 4 h |
| 2002-08-29 01:00Z | 2002-08-29 02:50Z | — | 1 h 50 |
| 2002-08-29 04:30Z | 2002-08-29 08:30Z | — | 4 h |
| 2002-08-30 01:00Z | 2002-08-30 02:50Z | — | 1 h 50 |
| 2002-08-30 04:30Z | 2002-08-30 08:30Z | — | 4 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2002-08-22 11:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2002-08-30 09:30Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 528/02 220808Z AUG 02; US FORCES KOREA 220135Z AUG 02; AUSSAR POR EGC#5387 220605Z AUG 02
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Yellow Sea
- position
- 35.804, 126.018
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. BOMBING EXERCISES 270100Z TO 270250Z AND 270430Z TO 270830Z AUG, ALTERNATE 0100Z TO 0250Z AND 0430Z TO 0830Z DAILY 28 THRU 30 AUG IN AREA BOUND BY 36-41N 126-10E, 36-38N 126-00E, 35-01N 125-43E, 34-58N 126-03E, 36-34N 126-18E. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1401/02(94,95), OPERATIONS COMPLETED. 3. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1519/02(74), VESSEL LOCATED. 4. CANCEL THIS MSG 300930Z AUG.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
71 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Aircraft, boeing 744, ditched in 33-17-12N 125-01-36E at 271911Z jul2011-07-28
- Bombing exercises 0001Z to 0900Z daily 23 and 24 jul in area bound by 36-40-38N 126-10-24E, 36-38-10N…2009-07-18
- Ten meter long steel pipe adrift in 36-01.7N 126-03.2E at 061155Z aug2004-08-06
- Bombing exercises 0001Z to 1300Z daily 01, 03, 04, 06 thru 08, 10 thru 15, 17 thru 22, 24, 25, 27 thru 29…2004-04-27
- Bombing exercises 112300Z to 120800Z apr in area bound by 36-14-00.0N 126-38-00.0E, 35-41-00.0N…2004-04-07
- Bombing exercises 0001Z to 1300Z daily 01 thru 03, 06 thru 10, 12 thru 17, 19 thru 24 and 26 thru 30 apr in…2004-03-27
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 2026-10-02 20:15Z; 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.