Red flare sighted in vicinity 16-04.99N 062-23.65W at 200115Z feb
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 191/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-02-23 17:34Z
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) · MRCC FORT DE FRANCE 0/24 200459Z FEB 24.. Issued 2024-02-20 05:54Z. 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 16.083, -62.394. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2024-02-20 05:54Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC FORT DE FRANCE 0/24 200459Z FEB 24.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- MRCC FORT DE FRANCE
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 16.083, -62.394
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. GUADELOUPE. RED FLARE SIGHTED IN VICINITY 16-04.99N 062-23.65W AT 200115Z FEB. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC FORT DE FRANCE, PHONE: 5965 9670 9292, EMAIL: ANTILLES@MRCCFR.EU.
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.
- 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.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
46 within 180 nm since 1998 · 2 in the last 12 months · 2 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.
- Ilet du gosier light 16-11.90N 061-29.44W at reduced intensity2026-09-18
- Ilet gosier lighthouse 16-11.91N 061-29.45W at reduced intensity2026-09-04
- Tree tunks adrift in 16-15.36N 061-49.14W at 261102Z may2024-05-26
- Tree trunk adrift in vicinity 18-14.46N 062-27.46W at 031526Z dec2023-12-04
- Phare de la caravelle light 14-46.33N 060-52.91W at reduced intensity2023-11-25
- Six meter tree adrift in 14-26.86N 061-02.57W at 241229Z jun2023-06-24
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
- Pointe du vieux fort light 15-56.90N 061-42.46WNav aids · 40.4 nm
- Ilet du gosier light 16-11.90N 061-29.44W at reduced intensityOther · 52.6 nm
- La desirade light 16-20.00N 061-00.33W unlitNav aids · 81.5 nm
- Kitts and nevisSpills · 102.6 nm
- Carenage range rear light 14-36.32N 061-03.74W changed to oc (2) g 50 meters 9 milesNav aids · 117.6 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
20 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 22:02Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other 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.