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BARGE Buffalo 292 Suffered A Major

1 message · 1996-03-18

status
no warning in force
first mention
1996-03-18 00:00Z
latest mention
1996-03-18 00:00Z
reported as
Spills1
sea
Gulf of Mexico
last position
29.367, -94.800

Messages · 1, oldest first

One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-7136. This page grows when the name is issued again.

  1. 1
    Spills·NOAAORR-71361996-03-18 00:00Z → cancelled 1996-04-01 00:00Z
    Buffalo 292; galveston, texas
    Gulf of Mexico
    Buffalo 292; Galveston, Texas.
Galveston, Texas.
1. The barge Buffalo 292 suffered a major structural failure in the early afternoon of March 18, 1996, and discharged approximately 5,000 barrels of IFO 380 approximately one mile north of Pelican Island. Weather on-scene was windy with gusts to 60 knots. Evening northwest winds blew a majority of the product into the Gulf of Mexico. USCG district 8. Keyword: containment boom, Corexit 9500, Corexit 9527, skimmers, IR, sorbent boom, sorbent pompoms, vacuum trucks.
2. COMMODITY: IFO 380. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 210000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 29.367N 094.800W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7136: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7136

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