Exercises

Hazardous operations: a. in progress until 070001Z dec in area bound by 34-04.1N 077-07.1W, 34-17.5N…

North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 1164/20

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2020-12-01 14:10Z

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) · FACSFAC VACAPES 301928Z NOV 20.. Issued 2020-11-30 20:17Z. 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 Atlantic 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 · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2020-12-03 12:00Z2020-12-03 16:00Z—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
2020-11-30 20:17Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2020-12-07 01:00Z
authority
FACSFAC VACAPES 301928Z NOV 20.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
FACSFAC VACAPES
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
33.654, -76.699
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
NORTH CAROLINA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS:
   A. IN PROGRESS UNTIL 070001Z DEC IN AREA BOUND BY
      34-04.1N 077-07.1W, 34-17.5N 076-45.2W,
      33-49.9N 076-30.6W, 33-33.2N 076-55.3W.
   B. 031200Z TO 031600Z DEC IN AREA BOUND BY
      33-49.9N 076-30.6W, 33-20.8N 076-14.8W,
      33-00.6N 076-42.9W, 33-33.2N 076-55.3W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 070100Z DEC 20.

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.
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

34 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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

9 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-04 00:38Z; 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.