Hazardous operations 26 thru 31 mar and 23 thru 28 apr in area bound by 22-05.00N 097-25.00W, 22-05.00N…
Gulf of Mexico · NAVAREA IV 312/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-04-29 00:01Z
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) · MEXICO IV 4/24 201220Z MAR 24.. Issued 2024-03-20 13:26Z. 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 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 Gulf of Mexico →
- issued
- 2024-03-20 13:26Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2024-04-29 00:01Z
- authority
- MEXICO IV 4/24 201220Z MAR 24.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- MEXICO IV
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 22.017, -97.500
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF MEXICO. MEXICO. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 26 THRU 31 MAR AND 23 THRU 28 APR IN AREA BOUND BY 22-05.00N 097-25.00W, 22-05.00N 097-37.00W, 21-57.00N 097-35.00W, 21-57.00N 097-23.00W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 290001Z APR 24.
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.
- 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.
- 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 · military exercises
76 within 180 nm since 2009 · 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.
- Hazardous operations 26 thru 31 mar and 23 thru 28 apr in area bound by 21-03.00N 096-24.00W, 21-03.30N…2024-03-20
- Hazardous operations 26 thru 31 mar and 23 thru 28 apr in area bound by 23-39.00N 097-23.00W, 23-39.00N…2024-03-20
- Hazardous operations 22 thru 27 oct in area bound by 21-03.30N 096-41.00W, 21-03.30N 096-52.20W, 20-53.00N…2023-10-18
- Hazardous operations 22 thru 27 oct in area bound by 23-39.00N 097-34.00W, 23-26.00N 097-34.00W, 23-26.00N…2023-10-18
- Hazardous operations 24 thru 29 sep in area bound by 21-03.30N 096-41.00W, 21-03.30N 096-52.20W, 20-53.00N…2023-09-21
- Hazardous operations 24 thru 29 sep in area bound by 22-05.00N 097-25.00W, 22-05.00N 097-37.00W, 21-57.00N…2023-09-21
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
- La barra light 20-58.4N 097-18.5W unreliableNav aids · 63.6 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
28 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 10:54Z; 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.