Hazardous operations 2000Z to 0844Z commencing daily 05 sep thru 05 oct in areas: a. within 12 miles of…
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 326/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-09-06 10:10Z
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) · COMAR GUYANE CAYENNE 26/02 281540Z AUG 02. Issued 2002-09-02 09:20Z. 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
- North Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 3.325, -32.958. 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 North Atlantic Ocean →
Activity windows · 31 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-09-05 20:00Z | 2002-09-06 08:44Z | — | 12 h 44 |
| 2002-09-06 20:00Z | 2002-09-07 08:44Z | — | 12 h 44 |
| 2002-09-07 20:00Z | 2002-09-08 08:44Z | — | 12 h 44 |
| 2002-09-08 20:00Z | 2002-09-09 08:44Z | — | 12 h 44 |
| 2002-09-09 20:00Z | 2002-09-10 08:44Z | — | 12 h 44 |
| 2002-09-10 20:00Z | 2002-09-11 08:44Z | — | 12 h 44 |
| 2002-09-11 20:00Z | 2002-09-12 08:44Z | — | 12 h 44 |
| 2002-09-12 20:00Z | 2002-09-13 08:44Z | — | 12 h 44 |
| … 23 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2002-09-02 09:20Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2002-10-06 09:44Z
- authority
- COMAR GUYANE CAYENNE 26/02 281540Z AUG 02
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- COMAR GUYANE
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 3.325, -32.958
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 2000Z TO 0844Z COMMENCING DAILY
05 SEP THRU 05 OCT IN AREAS:
A. WITHIN 12 MILES OF COASTLINE BETWEEN
05-19N 052-47W AND 05-04N 052-30W.
B. BOUND BY 05-10N 049-41W, 05-03N 049-42W,
05-08N 051-42W, 05-15N 051-42W.
C. BOUND BY 04-44N 043-34W, 04-23N 043-36W,
04-33N 045-37W, 04-54N 045-35W.
D. BOUND BY 04-19N 039-52W, 04-02N 039-54W,
04-18N 042-44W, 04-35N 042-43W.
E. BOUND BY 02-13N 021-35W, 01-50N 021-37W,
02-34N 027-41W, 02-56N 027-38W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 060944Z OCT.
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.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- 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
35 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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 operations2014-08-22
- Gunnery exercises 291200Z to 291400Z and 291700Z to 292000Z sep in area bound by 03-20N 031-20W, 03-00N…2008-09-24
- Hazardous operations 22 thru 31 aug within: a. 5.4 miles of 02-19.07S 044-22.10W2003-08-22
- Hazardous operations 16 aug thru 15 sep within: a. 5.4 miles of 02-19.07S 044-22.10W2003-08-11
- Hazardous operations 2000Z to 0900Z commencing daily 11 feb thru 12 mar in areas: a. within 12 miles of…2003-02-07
- Hazardous operations 2000Z to 0159Z commencing daily 17 dec thru 16 jan in areas: a. within 12 miles of…2002-12-12
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
9 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 03:41Z; 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.