Gunnery exercises 0001Z to 0800Z daily 29 thru 31 dec and 02 jan 15 in area bound by 36-34-58N 124-41-19E,…
Yellow Sea · HYDROPAC 3846/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-01-02 09:00Z
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 976/14 241145Z DEC 14 - NAVAREA XI 980/14 241145Z DEC 14.. Issued 2014-12-24 11:47Z. 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
Activity windows · 3 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-12-29 00:01Z | 2014-12-29 08:00Z | — | 7 h 59 |
| 2014-12-30 00:01Z | 2014-12-30 08:00Z | — | 7 h 59 |
| 2014-12-31 00:01Z | 2014-12-31 08:00Z | — | 7 h 59 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2014-12-24 11:47Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2015-01-02 09:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 976/14 241145Z DEC 14 - NAVAREA XI 980/14 241145Z DEC 14.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Yellow Sea
- position
- 36.333, 125.145
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
YELLOW SEA. GUNNERY. DNC 23. 1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 0001Z TO 0800Z DAILY 29 THRU 31 DEC AND 02 JAN 15 IN AREA BOUND BY 36-34-58N 124-41-19E, 36-35-00N 125-36-00E, 36-05-01N 125-36-04E, 36-04-58N 124-41-23E. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 3788/14(81,91). 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 020900Z JAN 15.
Reading this warning
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
1359 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.
- Gunnery exercises 290300Z to 290700Z apr in area bound by 37-41-00N 125-39-30E, 37-41-00N 125-41-40E,…2021-04-27
- Gunnery exercises 0400Z to 0900Z daily 26 and 27 apr, 0600Z to 1200Z daily 28 and 29 apr, 300400Z to 300800Z…2021-04-24
- Gunnery exercises 2300Z to 0900Z daily 25 thru 27 apr in area bound by 37-44-55N 124-05-10E, 37-44-55N…2021-04-21
- Gunnery exercises 190800Z to 191300Z apr and 0400Z to 0900Z daily 20, 22, 23, 24 apr and 250600Z to 251200Z…2021-04-16
- Gunnery exercises 142300Z to 151100Z apr in area bound by 37-44-55N 124-05-10E, 37-44-55N 124-36-40E,…2021-04-09
- Gunnery exercises 0400Z to 0900Z daily 12, 13, 16 and 17 apr and 180800Z to 181300Z apr in area bound by…2021-04-09
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 17:47Z; 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.