Spills · mystery_substance
Ship shoal area, offshore, la
Mystery Sheen; Ship Shoal Area, Offshore, la · NOAAORR-1075
- issued
- 2003-06-18 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2003-07-02 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2003-07-02 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 28.992, -90.989
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Mystery Sheen; Ship Shoal Area, Offshore, LA. Ship Shoal Area, Offshore, LA. 1. Reported sheen off the coast of Louisiana, near Ship Shoal. The sheen was describes as a mixture of rainbow and black sheen, 3 miles long by 1/2 mile wide. No pollution was found. 2. THREAT: OIL. TAGS: MYSTERY SUBSTANCE. 3. POSITION 28.992N 090.989W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 1075: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/1075
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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