Exercises

Hazardous operations 010631Z to 010959Z oct, alternate 0631Z to 0959Z daily 02 thru 04 oct in area bound by…

North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 730/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-10-01 08:47Z

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) · WESTERN RANGE 0/22 300850Z SEP 22.. Issued 2022-09-30 09:04Z. 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →

Activity windows · 4 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2022-10-01 06:31Z2022-10-01 09:59Z—3 h 28
2022-10-02 06:31Z2022-10-02 09:59Z—3 h 28
2022-10-03 06:31Z2022-10-03 09:59Z—3 h 28
2022-10-04 06:31Z2022-10-04 09:59Z—3 h 28

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

issued
2022-09-30 09:04Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2022-10-04 10:59Z
authority
WESTERN RANGE 0/22 300850Z SEP 22.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XII
issued by
WESTERN RANGE
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
31.811, -126.984
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
CALIFORNIA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 010631Z TO 010959Z OCT,
   ALTERNATE 0631Z TO 0959Z DAILY 02 THRU 04 OCT
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   34-33.00N 120-21.00W, 34-07.00N 121-19.00W,
   31-10.00N 127-20.00W, 28-56.00N 131-10.00W,
   29-57.00N 131-57.00W, 31-32.00N 129-12.00W,
   34-58.00N 120-41.00W.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA XII 712/22.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 041059Z OCT 22.

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.
NAVAREA
One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.
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

70 within 180 nm since 1999 · 1 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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26

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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A
M
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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

9 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 22:13Z; 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.