80 foot object adrift vicinity 28-33-04N 094-55-27W
Gulf of Mexico · NAVAREA IV 60/09
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2009-03-01 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) · COMCOGARD SECTOR HOUSTON 179/09 221507Z FEB 09.. Issued 2009-02-22 16:19Z. 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 28.551, -94.924. 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 Gulf of Mexico →
- issued
- 2009-02-22 16:19Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- COMCOGARD SECTOR HOUSTON 179/09 221507Z FEB 09.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- COMCOGARD SECTOR HOUSTON
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 28.551, -94.924
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. 80 FOOT OBJECT ADRIFT VICINITY 28-33-04N 094-55-27W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 01 MAR.
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.
- 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
7 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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 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
- Eight foot long object partially submerged and adrift in 29-40-08N 093-45-13W2013-06-06
- Six-eight foot green buoy adrift in 28-58-30N 093-31-24W at 191534Z jan2013-01-19
- 10000 meter long cable with four buoys adrift in 27-39N 093-08W at 140100Z aug2003-08-14
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
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.