Pyrotechnics exercises 210630Z to 210930Z feb, alternate 220630Z to 220930Z feb in area within ten miles of…
Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 593/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-02-22 10:30Z
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 56/21 200115Z FEB 21.. Issued 2021-02-20 01:55Z. 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 26.450, 141.633 with a 10.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Philippine Sea →
Activity windows · 2 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-02-21 06:30Z | 2021-02-21 09:30Z | — | 3 h |
| 2021-02-22 06:30Z | 2021-02-22 09:30Z | — | 3 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2021-02-20 01:55Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-02-22 10:30Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 56/21 200115Z FEB 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Philippine Sea
- position
- 26.450, 141.633 · r 10.0 nm
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
PHILIPPINE SEA. JAPAN. DNC 12. 1. PYROTECHNICS EXERCISES 210630Z TO 210930Z FEB, ALTERNATE 220630Z TO 220930Z FEB IN AREA WITHIN TEN MILES OF 26-27N 141-38E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 221030Z FEB 21.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
4 within 180 nm since 2008 · 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.
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
- Chichi shima, futami ko NR.3 light buoy, 27-04.9N 142-11.2E, L.LNav aids · 48.1 nm
- Discoloured water observedVolcanic · 60.2 nm
- Discoloured water observed in extending south for 5 miles, 2 mile wide, from 27-16.7N 140-56.6E at 120643Z octVolcanic · 62 nm
- 080200UTC issued at 080200UTC sep 2026 volcanic warning volcano name:nishino shima LOCATION:27-14.6N…Volcanic · 62.5 nm
- Discoloured water observed in vicinity of 25-27.1N 141-14.5E at 140425Z junVolcanic · 63.6 nm
- Discoloured water observed in vicinity of 24-48.8N 141-19.2E at 130800Z julVolcanic · 99.7 nm
- Volcanic activity reported at io-to in vicinty of 24-45.00N 141-17.3EVolcanic · 103.8 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 10:37Z; 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.