Exercises

Hazardous operations 271730Z to 280042Z oct, alternate 281730Z to 290042Z in areas bound by: a. 34-37.00N…

North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 803/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-10-29 01:42Z

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 261955Z OCT 22.. Issued 2022-10-26 19:58Z. 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 · 2 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2022-10-27 17:30Z2022-10-28 00:42Z—7 h 12
2022-10-28 17:30Z2022-10-29 00:42Z—7 h 12

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

issued
2022-10-26 19:58Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2022-10-29 01:42Z
authority
WESTERN RANGE 0/22 261955Z OCT 22.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XII
issued by
WESTERN RANGE
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
21.867, -134.873
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 271730Z TO 280042Z OCT,
   ALTERNATE 281730Z TO 290042Z
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 34-37.00N 121-24.00W, 34-40.00N 122-13.00W,
      34-02.00N 122-58.00W, 32-12.00N 125-14.00W,
      31-34.00N 125-29.00W, 31-04.00N 124-45.00W,
      31-26.00N 124-07.00W, 34-02.00N 121-13.00W.
   B. 23-17.00N 135-50.00W, 21-37.00N 137-03.00W,
      19-58.00N 133-59.00W, 22-07.00N 132-44.00W.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA XII 799/22.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 290142Z 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

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

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00
05
10
15
20
23

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

J
F
M
A
M
J
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A
S
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N
D

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 2026-10-04 03:40Z; 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.