Gunnery exercises 130630Z to 131100Z apr in areas bound by: a. 19-27N 069-47W, 19-38N 069-52W, 19-30N…
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 98/99
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 1999-04-13 00:00Z
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). Issued 1999-04-08 07:30Z. 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 · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-04-13 06:30Z | 1999-04-13 11:00Z | — | 4 h 30 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 1999-04-08 07:30Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 1999-04-13 12:00Z
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 20.018, -71.175
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 130630Z TO 131100Z APR IN AREAS BOUND BY: A. 19-27N 069-47W, 19-38N 069-52W, 19-30N 069-39W, 19-41N 069-44W. B. 19-52N 071-14W, 19-53N 071-06W, 20-04N 071-15W, 20-05N 071-06W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 131200Z APR.
Reading this warning
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
7 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 operations 30 nov thru 31 jan 22 in area bound by 18-01-32N 069-19-58W, 18-01-30N 070-00-37W,…2021-11-29
- Hazardous operations 101900Z to 102130Z jan in 20-30N 073-17W2005-01-10
- Hazardous operations 021700Z to 021900Z sep within six miles of 21-20N 073-50W2003-09-02
- Hazardous operations 221730Z to 221930Z aug within 20 miles of 21-10N 072-40W2003-08-21
- Hazardous operations 131700Z to 131930Z sep within ten miles of 21-00N 072-30W2002-09-13
- Gunnery exercises 131100Z to 131500Z apr within ten miles of: a. 19-47N 070-22W1999-04-08
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
- Puerto plata light 19-48.2N 070-41.7W unlitNav aids · 30 nm
- Ile de la tortue w. point light 20-03-44N 072-58-02W unlitNav aids · 101.1 nm
- Punta torrecilla light 18-27.86N 069-52.58W unlitNav aids · 118.8 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
9 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-04 05:35Z; 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.