Hazardous operations 2000Z to 0159Z commencing daily 17 dec thru 16 jan in areas: a. within 12 miles of…
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 485/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-12-18 09:05Z
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 37/02 061042Z DEC 02. Issued 2002-12-12 12:40Z. 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 3.643, -32.920. 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 485/02 and this msg, operations completedlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
Activity windows · 31 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-12-17 20:00Z | 2002-12-18 01:59Z | — | 5 h 59 |
| 2002-12-18 20:00Z | 2002-12-19 01:59Z | — | 5 h 59 |
| 2002-12-19 20:00Z | 2002-12-20 01:59Z | — | 5 h 59 |
| 2002-12-20 20:00Z | 2002-12-21 01:59Z | — | 5 h 59 |
| 2002-12-21 20:00Z | 2002-12-22 01:59Z | — | 5 h 59 |
| 2002-12-22 20:00Z | 2002-12-23 01:59Z | — | 5 h 59 |
| 2002-12-23 20:00Z | 2002-12-24 01:59Z | — | 5 h 59 |
| 2002-12-24 20:00Z | 2002-12-25 01:59Z | — | 5 h 59 |
| … 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
- 2002-12-12 12:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2003-01-17 02:59Z
- authority
- COMAR GUYANE CAYENNE 37/02 061042Z DEC 02
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- COMAR GUYANE
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 3.643, -32.920
- 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 0159Z COMMENCING DAILY
17 DEC THRU 16 JAN IN AREAS:
A. WITHIN 12 MILES OF COASTLINE BETWEEN
05-19N 052-47W AND 05-04N 052-30W.
B. BOUND BY 05-33N 049-39W, 05-25N 049-38W,
05-16N 051-38W, 05-24N 051-39W.
C. BOUND BY 05-12N 043-32W, 04-52N 043-32W,
04-57N 045-33W, 05-17N 045-32W.
D. BOUND BY 04-51N 040-43W, 04-35N 040-44W,
04-45N 043-27W, 05-02N 043-26W.
E. BOUND BY 02-29N 021-32W, 02-06N 021-35W,
02-49N 027-33W, 03-12N 027-31W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 170259Z JAN 03.
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
32 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-28 03:11Z; 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.