Spills · oil
Fire island, ny, USA
Mystery Tar Ball Event Near Fire Island; Long Island, Ny · NOAAORR-10781
- issued
- 2024-05-09 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2024-05-23 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2024-05-23 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 40.622, -73.261
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Mystery Tar Ball Event near Fire Island; Long Island, NY. Fire Island, NY, USA. 1. On May 9, 2024, the USCG Sector Long Island Sound contacted the New England SSC regarding a mystery tall bar event. Tar balls were reported washed up on shore at Robert Moses State Park near Fire Island, NY. NYDEC is responding. 2. THREAT: OIL. 3. POSITION 40.622N 073.261W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10781: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10781
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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- 1 fernbrook st, yonkers, ny 107052026-07-03
- Baltimore inner harbor2026-06-27
- Montauk, ny, USA2026-06-25
- 4101 post rd, trainer, pa 19061, USA2026-06-25
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Timeline · 4 messages since 2024-05-02 · closed 2024-06-15
- 1802 20th avenue, astoria, ny 11105, USA2024-05-02 → 2024-05-16
- Fire island, ny, USA this message2024-05-09 → 2024-05-23
- Rye, ny, USA2024-05-10 → 2024-05-24
- 305 front st, staten island, ny 10304, USA2024-06-01 → 2024-06-15
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Nearby now · within 120 nm
Nothing else in force within 120 nm.
Worldwide now
8 spills & pollution incidents in force · see all
Spills
Oil and chemical spills, groundings and vessel casualties with a pollution threat: NOAA IncidentNews responses since 1957, and spill-response areas broadcast as navigational warnings. All current spills & pollution incidents →
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