Spills · oil
Tropical storm nicholas made landfall near freeport, tx on september 13, 2021
Tropical Storm Nicholas, Texas · Freeport, Tx · NOAAORR-10353
- issued
- 2021-09-12 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2021-09-26 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2021-09-26 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 28.953, -95.288
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Tropical Storm Nicholas, Texas. Freeport, TX. 1. Tropical Storm Nicholas made landfall near Freeport, TX on September 13, 2021. Briefly intensifying to a Category 1 hurricane (75 mph winds), it then moved across Texas as a tropical storm. The upper coast of Texas experienced significant storm surge and rainfall. The storm is forecast to move across southeastern Texas as a tropical depression, and linger over southwestern Louisiana for several days. 2. THREAT: OIL. 3. POSITION 28.953N 095.288W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10353: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10353
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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