Due to hurricane tammy: 1. the following port(s) are closed: none to report
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 1229/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-10-25 13:47Z
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) · SFH 0/23 221338Z OCT 23.. Issued 2023-10-22 13:42Z. 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
- Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 18.111, -66.028. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Due to hurricane tammy: 1. the following port(s) are closed: a. charlotte amalie harbor, st thomas 18-21N…cancelled by this notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- NAVAREA IV 1221/232023-10-20 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 1227/232023-10-22 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 1229/23 · this notice2023-10-22 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2023-10-22 13:42Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-10-25 13:47Z
- authority
- SFH 0/23 221338Z OCT 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- SFH
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 18.111, -66.028
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DUE TO HURRICANE TAMMY: 1. THE FOLLOWING PORT(S) ARE CLOSED: NONE TO REPORT. 2. THE FOLLOWING PORT(S) ARE OPEN WITH RESTRICTIONS: NONE TO REPORT. 3. THE FOLLOWING PORT(S) HAVE RE-OPENED: A. CHARLOTTE AMALIE HARBOR, ST THOMAS 18-21N 064-56W. B. CRUZ BAY, ST JOHN 18-20N 064-48W. C. FREDERIKSTED, ST CROIX 17-43N 064-53W. D. SAN JUAN, PR 18-28N 066-07W. E. GUANICA, PR 17-58N 066-55W. F. GUAYAMA, PR 17-58N 066-04W. G. GUAYANILLA, PR 18-01N 066-46W. H. MAYAGUEZ, PR 18-12N 067-09W. I. PONCE, PR 17-59N 066-37W. 4. CURRENT PORT INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT HOMEPORT.USCG.MIL USING THE PORT DIRECTORY TAB. 5. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 1227/23. 6. CANCEL THIS MSG 251347Z OCT 23.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · tropical cyclone warnings
35 within 180 nm since 2014 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
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.
- Due to hurricane tammy: 1. the following port(s) are closed: a. charlotte amalie harbor, st thomas 18-21N…2023-10-22
- Due to hurricane tammy: 1. the following port(s) are closed: none to report2023-10-20
- Due to hurricane fiona: 1. the following port(s) are closed: none to report2022-09-21
- Due to hurricane fiona: 1. the following port(s) are closed: none to report2022-09-20
- Due to hurricane fiona: 1. the following port(s) are closed: a. guanica, pr 17-58N 066-55W2022-09-19
- Due to tropical storm fiona: 1. the following port(s) are closed: a. charlotte amalie harbor, st thomas…2022-09-17
Month of issue in the collected archive
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
4 tropical cyclone warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 14:29Z; source collection times vary.
Storms
Hurricanes, typhoons and tropical storms: forecast cones from the U.S. National Hurricane Center and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, and the port closures NAVAREA coordinators broadcast for them. All current tropical cyclone warnings →
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.