Hazardous operations 0800Z to 1200Z daily 10 thru 13 oct: a. in area bound by 47-36N 151-21E, 47-54N…
Sea of Okhotsk · HYDROPAC 1872/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-10-13 13:00Z
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 28/02 070914Z OCT; MENAS BAHRAIN 122/02 07 OCT 02. Issued 2002-10-07 11:10Z. 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
- Sea of Okhotsk. 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
- Halul island light 25-40.30N 052-24.48E unlitcancelled by this notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Sea of Okhotsk →
Activity windows · 4 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-10-10 08:00Z | 2002-10-10 12:00Z | — | 4 h |
| 2002-10-11 08:00Z | 2002-10-11 12:00Z | — | 4 h |
| 2002-10-12 08:00Z | 2002-10-12 12:00Z | — | 4 h |
| 2002-10-13 08:00Z | 2002-10-13 12:00Z | — | 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
- 2002-10-07 11:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2002-10-13 13:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIII 28/02 070914Z OCT; MENAS BAHRAIN 122/02 07 OCT 02
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Sea of Okhotsk
- position
- 57.194, 140.550
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0800Z TO 1200Z DAILY 10 THRU 13 OCT:
A. IN AREA BOUND BY 47-36N 151-21E, 47-54N 151-06E,
48-06N 151-40E, 47-52N 151-58E.
B. WITHIN 43 MILES OF 52-49N 146-17E.
C. WITHIN 49 MILES OF 57-09N 140-33E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1864/02(62), AID RESTORED.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 131300Z OCT.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- 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.
- 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
13 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.
- Hazardous operations2011-10-01
- Hazardous operations 0300Z to 0900Z daily 06 thru 09 oct a. in area bound by 47-36.0N 151-21.0E, 47-41.5N…2009-10-03
- Hazardous operations 0300Z to 0900Z daily 12 thru 15 oct a. in area bound by 47-36N 151-21E, 47-54N 151-06E,…2008-10-11
- Hazardous operations 0800Z to 1200Z daily 07 thru 10 aug in areas: a. bound by 47-36.0N 151-21.0E, 47-41.3N…2007-08-02
- Hazardous operations 07 thru 13 sep: a. in area bound by 47-36.0N 151-17.0E, 47-41.5N 151-18.0E, 48-03.0N…2006-09-04
- Hazardous operations 0300Z to 1100Z daily 01 thru 04 oct: a. in area bound by 47-36N 151-21E, 47-54N…2005-10-01
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 2026-10-04 02:36Z; 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.