Exercises

Hazardous operations 0530Z to 1100Z daily 16 thru 18 jul in area bound by a. 57-25N 152-24W, 57-05N 152-47W,…

North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 294/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-07-18 12:00Z

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) · NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER 121752Z JUL 19.. Issued 2019-07-12 20:23Z. 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
North Pacific Ocean. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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Activity windows · 3 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2019-07-16 05:30Z2019-07-16 11:00Z—5 h 30
2019-07-17 05:30Z2019-07-17 11:00Z—5 h 30
2019-07-18 05:30Z2019-07-18 11:00Z—5 h 30

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

issued
2019-07-12 20:23Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2019-07-18 12:00Z
authority
NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER 121752Z JUL 19.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XII
issued by
NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
50.968, -153.395
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
GULF ALASKA.
ALASKA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0530Z TO 1100Z DAILY
   16 THRU 18 JUL IN AREA BOUND BY
   A. 57-25N 152-24W, 57-05N 152-47W,
      52-44N 154-03W, 45-26N 159-15W,
      44-57N 153-41W, 56-58N 146-42W,
      57-27N 152-19W.
   B. 46-27N 160-53W, 46-41N 159-53W,
      52-12N 155-12W, 52-20N 155-37W,
      47-17N 161-23W, 46-34N 161-12W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 181200Z JUL 19.

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.
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.
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 · military exercises

4 within 180 nm since 2009 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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19

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

30 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-26 02:22Z; 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.