Exercises

Gunnery/pyrotechnics exercises 162200Z to 170200Z jul within seven miles of 58-12N 139-00W

Gulf of Alaska · NAVAREA XII 270/08

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2008-07-17 03:00Z

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) · CCGD17 260/08 141702Z JUL 08.. Issued 2008-07-14 19:42Z. 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
Gulf of Alaska. The parsed report position is 58.200, -139.000 with a 7.0 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 Gulf of Alaska →

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2008-07-16 22:00Z2008-07-17 02:00Z—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
2008-07-14 19:42Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2008-07-17 03:00Z
authority
CCGD17 260/08 141702Z JUL 08.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XII
sea
Gulf of Alaska
position
58.200, -139.000 · r 7.0 nm
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. GUNNERY/PYROTECHNICS EXERCISES 162200Z TO 170200Z JUL
   WITHIN SEVEN MILES OF 58-12N 139-00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 170300Z JUL.

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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · military exercises

71 within 180 nm since 2006 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

28 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 20:18Z; 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.