Underwater ordnance detonations: a. 150900Z to 171459Z nov vicinity of trackline joining 32-04N 127-15E,…
Eastern China Sea · HYDROPAC 2098/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-11-19 18:00Z
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) · COMSEVENTHFLT 130715Z NOV 02; MENAS BAHRAIN 141/02 13 NOV. Issued 2002-11-13 10:40Z. 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
- Eastern China Sea. The map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
Current notices and reporting history in the Eastern China Sea →
Activity windows · 2 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-11-15 09:00Z | 2002-11-17 14:59Z | — | 53 h 59 |
| 2002-11-17 22:00Z | 2002-11-19 17:00Z | — | 43 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2002-11-13 10:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2002-11-19 18:00Z
- authority
- COMSEVENTHFLT 130715Z NOV 02; MENAS BAHRAIN 141/02 13 NOV
- issued by
- COMSEVENTHFLT
- sea
- Eastern China Sea
- position
- 30.935, 127.166
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. UNDERWATER ORDNANCE DETONATIONS:
A. 150900Z TO 171459Z NOV VICINITY OF TRACKLINE
JOINING 32-04N 127-15E, 31-56N 127-25E,
31-34N 127-24E, 31-26N 127-15E,
31-26N 126-49E, 31-34N 126-40E,
31-56N 126-40E, 32-04N 126-49E.
B. 172200Z TO 191700Z NOV VICINITY OF TRACKLINE
JOINING 30-34N 127-30E, 30-26N 127-40E,
30-04N 127-39E, 29-56N 127-30E,
29-56N 127-04E, 30-04N 126-56E,
30-26N 126-56E, 30-34N 127-05E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 882/02(62), OPERATIONS COMPLETED.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 191800Z NOV.
Reading this warning
- Unexploded ordnance
- Bombs, shells, mines or torpedoes found on the seabed or washed up, and the operations to remove or destroy them.
- 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.
- Track line joining
- Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
- 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 · ordnance operations
13 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.
- Underwater ordnance detonations 0001Z to 1300Z daily: a. 07 may in area bound by 26-07N 122-35E, 25-45N…2003-05-06
- Underwater ordnance detonations 280001Z to 281000Z sep in area bound by 29-58N 126-42E, 29-46N 127-14E,…2002-09-27
- Underwater ordnance detonations 250001Z to 251000Z sep, alternate 270001Z to 271000Z sep in area bound by…2002-09-21
- Underwater ordnance detonations 010001Z to 011000Z feb, alternate 030001Z to 031000Z feb in area bound by…2002-01-29
- Underwater ordnance detonations 310001Z to 311000Z jan, alternate 030001Z to 031000Z feb in area bound by…2002-01-29
- Ordnance drop exercises 0001Z to 1100Z daily: a. 23 jan within 25 miles of 32-30N 126-10E2002-01-18
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
0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 00:53Z; source collection times vary.
Ordnance
Ordnance disposal, underwater detonations and unexploded ordnance. All current ordnance operations →
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.