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Galveston bay, tx

Raffinate Release; Galveston Bay, Tx · NOAAORR-1159

issued: 2004-03-19 00:00Z
status: cancelled 2004-04-02 00:00Z
self-cancels: 2004-04-02 00:00Z
authority: NOAA OR&R
sea: Gulf of Mexico
position: 29.395, -94.815
source: incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Raffinate Release; Galveston Bay, TX.
Galveston Bay, TX.
1. Raffinate was spilled when a barge had a collision in Galveston Bay, TX. NOAA provided weather.
2. THREAT: CHEMICAL. COMMODITY: RAFFINATE. TAGS: COLLISION.
3. POSITION 29.395N 094.815W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 1159: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/1159

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Galveston bay, tx this message2004-03-19 → 2004-04-02
Off galveston, tx2004-04-07 → 2004-04-21

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