Round object partially submerged and adrift in 26-45.195N 096-12.789W at 201800Z mar
Gulf of Mexico · NAVAREA IV 219/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-03-24 10:57Z
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) · RCC NEW ORLEANS 210335Z MAR 15.. Issued 2015-03-21 10:57Z. 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
- Gulf of Mexico. The parsed report position is 26.753, -96.213. 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 Gulf of Mexico →
- issued
- 2015-03-21 10:57Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2015-03-24 10:57Z
- authority
- RCC NEW ORLEANS 210335Z MAR 15.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- RCC NEW ORLEANS
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 26.753, -96.213
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF MEXICO. TEXAS. 1. ROUND OBJECT PARTIALLY SUBMERGED AND ADRIFT IN 26-45.195N 096-12.789W AT 201800Z MAR. REPORTS TO RCC NEW ORLEANS, PHONE: 504 589 6225, FAX: 504 589 2148, E-MAIL: D8COMMANDCENTER@USCG.MIL. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 241057Z MAR 15.
Reading this warning
- Semi-submerged
- Floating at or just below the surface, so hard to see by eye or radar.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- 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.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · drifting objects
6 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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.
- Buoy 42020 adrift in vicinity 26-56.08N 096-42.85W at 110803Z oct2023-10-11
- Three meter object with 50 meters of rope adrift in vicinity 24-33.05N 096-32.6W at 141349Z apr2019-04-14
- Odas buoy 42020 adrift in vicinity 27-00-31N 096-40-20W at 190120Z jun2018-06-19
- 80 foot object adrift vicinity 28-33-04N 094-55-27W2009-02-22
- 10000 meter long cable with four buoys adrift in 27-39N 093-08W at 140100Z aug2003-08-14
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
- Dangerous wreck in 25-14.24N 097-07.72WWrecks · 103.6 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
2 drifting objects listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 21:15Z; source collection times vary.
Debris
Logs, buoys, mooring gear and other objects adrift. All current drifting objects →
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.