Three meter object with 50 meters of rope adrift in vicinity 24-33.05N 096-32.6W at 141349Z apr
Gulf of Mexico · NAVAREA IV 317/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-04-16 14:07Z
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) · M/V VERITAS VIKING 142046Z APR 19.. Issued 2019-04-14 20:54Z. 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
- Gulf of Mexico. The parsed report position is 24.551, -96.543. 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
- Cancel NAVAREA IV 317/19 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Mexico →
- issued
- 2019-04-14 20:54Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2019-04-17 20:54Z
- authority
- M/V VERITAS VIKING 142046Z APR 19.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- M/V VERITAS VIKING
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 24.551, -96.543
- 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. THREE METER OBJECT WITH 50 METERS OF ROPE ADRIFT IN VICINITY 24-33.05N 096-32.6W AT 141349Z APR. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 172054Z APR 19.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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 2015 · 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
- Odas buoy adrift in vicinity 24-02.5N 094-25.6W at 192100Z apr2021-04-19
- Buoy adrift in vicinity 22-59.63N 094-54.19W at 241600Z mar2019-03-25
- Odas buoy 42020 adrift in vicinity 27-00-31N 096-40-20W at 190120Z jun2018-06-19
- Round object partially submerged and adrift in 26-45.195N 096-12.789W at 201800Z mar2015-03-21
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
- Dangerous wreck in 25-14.24N 097-07.72WWrecks · 52.1 nm
- Carbonera light 24-37.62N 097-42.97W unlitNav aids · 64.2 nm
- Punta de piedra light 24-29.23N 097-44.56W unlitNav aids · 65.6 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.