Hazardous operations: a. 200400Z to 270400Z jun in area bound by 34-17.50N 076-45.20W, 33-49.90N 076-30.60W,…
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 583/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-06-21 19:12Z
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) · FACSFAC VACAPES 0/22 202228Z JUN 22.. Issued 2022-06-20 22:39Z. 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 map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Hazardous operations: a. 200001Z to 270001Z jun in area bound by 34-17.50N 076-45.20W, 33-49.90N 076-30.60W,…cancelled by this notice
- North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 220001Z junlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
Activity windows · 3 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-06-20 04:00Z | 2022-06-27 04:00Z | — | 168 h |
| 2022-06-23 12:00Z | 2022-06-23 16:00Z | — | 4 h |
| 2022-06-26 02:30Z | 2022-06-26 04:30Z | — | 2 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2022-06-20 22:39Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2022-06-27 05:00Z
- authority
- FACSFAC VACAPES 0/22 202228Z JUN 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- FACSFAC VACAPES
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 32.845, -75.864
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
NORTH CAROLINA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS:
A. 200400Z TO 270400Z JUN IN AREA BOUND BY
34-17.50N 076-45.20W, 33-49.90N 076-30.60W,
33-33.20N 076-55.30W, 34-04.10N 077-07.10W.
B. 231200Z TO 231600Z JUN IN AREA BOUND BY
34-40.10N 076-06.90W, 34-20.90N 075-40.60W,
34-04.10N 076-06.90W, 34-28.70N 076-23.80W.
C. 260230Z TO 260430Z JUN IN AREA BOUND BY
32-04.90N 076-59.70W, 33-17.40N 076-03.60W,
33-31.00N 074-59.50W, 33-10.70N 074-36.00W,
32-27.40N 074-46.10W, 31-35.20N 076-37.30W,
31-35.20N 076-37.30W.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 580/22.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 270500Z JUN 22.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- NAVAREA
- One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
32 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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 0001Z to 2359Z daily 20 thru 26 mar in area bound by: 34-17.0N 076-45.0W, 33-49.0N…2023-03-15
- Hazardous operations: a. 200001Z to 270001Z jun in area bound by 34-17.50N 076-45.20W, 33-49.90N 076-30.60W,…2022-06-20
- Hazardous operations: a. 200000Z to 240001Z oct in area bound by 34-17N 076-45W, 33-49N 076-30W, 33-33N…2021-10-20
- Hazardous operations 130500Z to 180459Z jan in area bound by 34-17N 076-45W, 33-49N 076-30W, 33-33N 076-55W,…2021-01-08
- Hazardous operations: a. in progress until 070001Z dec in area bound by 34-04.1N 077-07.1W, 34-17.5N…2020-11-30
- Hazardous operations 2300Z to 0100Z daily 04 thru 06 nov in area bound by 33-00N 077-29W, 32-20N 077-20W,…2020-10-30
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
31 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-30 01:53Z; 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.