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Hazardous operations: a. 200000Z to 240001Z oct in area bound by 34-17N 076-45W, 33-49N 076-30W, 33-33N…

North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 951/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2021-10-22 15:18Z

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 201645Z OCT 21.. Issued 2021-10-20 17:09Z. 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →

Activity windows · 2 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2021-10-20 00:00Z	2021-10-24 00:01Z	—	96 h 01
2021-10-23 07:00Z	2021-10-24 13:00Z	—	30 h

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

issued: 2021-10-20 17:09Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2021-10-24 14:00Z
authority: FACSFAC VACAPES 201645Z OCT 21.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: FACSFAC VACAPES
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 34.400, -76.061
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. 200000Z TO 240001Z OCT IN AREA BOUND BY
      34-17N 076-45W, 33-49N 076-30W,
      33-33N 076-55W, 34-04N 077-07W.
   B. 230700Z TO 241300Z OCT IN AREA BOUND BY
      34-40N 076-04W, 34-20N 075-41W,
      34-05N 076-06W, 34-28N 076-25W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 241400Z OCT 21.

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.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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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.

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 2026-10-04 00:38Z; 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.