Hazardous operations 070500Z to 070900Z jun in area bound by 27-51N 049-52E, 27-50N 049-36E, 27-26N 049-51E,…
Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 967/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-06-07 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 IX 127/03 050818Z JUN 03; NAVAREA IX 128/03 050818Z JUN 03. Issued 2003-06-05 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
- Persian Gulf. 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
- Pipeline operations in progress until 16 jun by barges vicinity of trackline between 27-51.38N 033-42.75E…cancelled by this notice
- Al ikhwan light 26-19N 034-51E unlitcancelled by this notice
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-06-07 05:00Z | 2003-06-07 09:00Z | — | 4 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2003-06-05 10:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2003-06-07 10:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 127/03 050818Z JUN 03; NAVAREA IX 128/03 050818Z JUN 03
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Persian Gulf
- position
- 27.620, 50.008
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 070500Z TO 070900Z JUN IN AREA BOUND BY 27-51N 049-52E, 27-50N 049-36E, 27-26N 049-51E, 27-27N 050-27E, 27-37N 050-22E. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 856/03 AND 896/03. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 071000Z JUN.
Reading this warning
- Hazardous operations
- NGA's heading for activities that make an area dangerous — most often rocket launches, space debris and weapons firings, and some open-ended danger areas.
- 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.
- 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 · military exercises
87 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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.
- Hazardous operations 0500Z to 1500Z daily 17 thru 19 jun in area bound by 27-21.00N 049-56.00E, 27-27.50N…2025-06-16
- Hazardous operations 0630Z to 1500Z daily 08 and 09 sep in area bound by 27-51.00N 049-52.00E, 27-50.00N…2023-09-06
- Hazardous operations 04 thru 15 jun in area bound by 27-50.00N 049-36.00E, 27-26.00N 049-51.00E, 27-27.00N…2023-06-01
- Hazardous operations 07 and 08 mar in area bound by 27-50.00N 049-36.00E, 27-26.00N 049-51.00E, 27-27.00N…2023-03-04
- Hazardous operations 22 nov thru 15 dec in area bound by 25-56.00N 050-53.00E, 26-33.00N 050-53.00E,…2022-11-21
- Hazardous operations 0400Z to 1500Z daily 25 and 26 jul in area bound by 28-55.00N 048-37.60E, 28-49.10N…2022-07-24
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
- Odas buoy relocated to 28-49.63N 050-42.93ENav aids · 81.6 nm
- Met tower 28-46.0N 048-26.1E temporarily replaced by yellow buoy, FL(4) 15 sec 5MOther · 108 nm
- Navigation prohibited until further notice in area within 600 meters of 28-52.49N 048-21.63ERestricted · 115.2 nm
- Navigation prohibited until further notice in area within 600 meters of 29-13.10N 048-44.42ERestricted · 117 nm
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V HYSY289 in area bound by 26-41.99N 051-53.26E,…Surveys · 118.6 nm
- Wave rider buoy, fl 5 y 10 sec, temporarily established in 26-39.57N 051-57.22ENav aids · 118.9 nm
- Bh jacket light fl(r) 4 sec temporarily established in 26-38.41N 051-56.90ENav aids · 119.2 nm
- Barge dream 1 sank in 29-14.06N 048-41.22EWrecks · 119.4 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
9 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 23:54Z; 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.