Gunnery exercises in progress until 110900Z oct in area bound by 05-38.8N 124-52.8E, 05-33.3N 125-10.6E,…
Celebes Sea · HYDROPAC 3107/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-10-11 10:00Z
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 758/13 110221Z OCT 13.. Issued 2013-10-11 03:53Z. 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
- Celebes 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.
- issued
- 2013-10-11 03:53Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2013-10-11 10:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 758/13 110221Z OCT 13.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Celebes Sea
- position
- 5.460, 124.976
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CELEBES SEA. MINDANAO-SOUTH COAST. GUNNERY. 1. GUNNERY EXERCISES IN PROGRESS UNTIL 110900Z OCT IN AREA BOUND BY 05-38.8N 124-52.8E, 05-33.3N 125-10.6E, 05-16.2N 125-04.9E, 05-22.6N 124-46.0E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 111000Z OCT 13.
Reading this warning
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
27 within 180 nm since 2012 · 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.
- Gunnery exercises 16 thru 20 jun in area bound by 06-49.43N 125-46.00E, 06-49.34N 125-53.03E, 06-42.39N…2025-06-12
- Gunnery exercises 24 and 25 nov in area bound by 05-40.67N 124-55.14E, 05-40.67N 125-03.14E, 05-32.67N…2024-11-21
- Gunnery exercises 11 thru 16 mar in area bound by 06-49.34N 125-53.03E, 06-49.43N 125-46.00E, 06-42.44N…2024-03-06
- Gunnery exercises 04 thru 08 mar in area bound by 05-40.67N 125-03.14E, 05-40.67N 124-55.14E, 05-32.67N…2024-02-28
- Gunnery exercises 26 thru 29 feb in area bound by 06-49.43N 125-46.00E, 06-49.34N 125-53.03E, 06-42.39N…2024-02-25
- Gunnery exercises 22 thru 26 feb in area bound by 07-13.80N 123-54.21E, 07-10.46N 123-57.97E, 07-06.80N…2024-02-21
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 2026-10-02 19:08Z; 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.