Spills · grounding
Towing vessel aground; mile marker 526 of mississippi river, arkansas
NOAAORR-11036
- issued
- 2025-07-21 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2025-08-04 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2025-08-04 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- position
- 33.230, -91.107
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Towing Vessel Aground; Mile Marker 526 of Mississippi River, Arkansas. Shives, AR, USA. 1. Initial Report: At 1730 local time on 21 July 2025, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Sector Memphis contacted the NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator (SSC) regarding an ITV (inspected towing vessel) that ran aground on a dike located at mile marker 526 on the Mississippi River near Lakeport, Arkansas. No discharge has been reported, but the vessel sustained damage near the starboard fuel tank with a capacity of 78,000 gallons of diesel onboard. USCG is requesting a trajectory analysis for a potential WCD (worst case discharge). 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 78000 GALLONS. TAGS: GROUNDING. 3. POSITION 33.230N 091.107W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 11036: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/11036
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