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Pyrotechnics exercises 0001Z to 0730Z daily 23 thru 25 dec within five miles of 24-47N 141-18E

Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 3786/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-12-25 08:30Z

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 962/14 181148Z DEC 14.. Issued 2014-12-18 12:58Z. 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
Philippine Sea. The parsed report position is 24.783, 141.300 with a 5.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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Activity windows · 3 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2014-12-23 00:01Z2014-12-23 07:30Z—7 h 29
2014-12-24 00:01Z2014-12-24 07:30Z—7 h 29
2014-12-25 00:01Z2014-12-25 07:30Z—7 h 29

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

issued
2014-12-18 12:58Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2014-12-25 08:30Z
authority
NAVAREA XI 962/14 181148Z DEC 14.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
Philippine Sea
position
24.783, 141.300 · r 5.0 nm
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
JAPAN.
NAMPO SHOTO.
DNC 12.
1. PYROTECHNICS EXERCISES 0001Z TO 0730Z DAILY
   23 THRU 25 DEC WITHIN FIVE MILES OF 24-47N 141-18E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 250830Z DEC 14.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
Within a radius of
A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
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

3 within 180 nm since 2011 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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21

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

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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

23 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 10:36Z; 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.