Spills · oil

F/V westwind III; 26 miles offshore tampa, fl

NOAAORR-1260

issued
2005-02-02 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2005-02-16 00:00Z
self-cancels
2005-02-16 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Mexico
position
27.397, -83.357
vessel
F/V WESTWIND III
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

F/V Westwind III; 26 miles Offshore Tampa, FL.
26 miles Offshore Tampa, FL.
1. USCG MSOTampa requested trajectory for a potential spill from a fishing vessel at 0900 2 February 2005. The vessel is the Westwind III, a 68.8 foot, 127 gross ton fiberglass hull fishing vessel that caught fire 1 Febuary at 2100 local at position 27-24.8 N; 083-12.8 W. The crew was evacuated and the vessel continued to burn as it drifted freely. At 0800 local 2 February the vessel was at position 27-24.1N; 083-19.7W and at 1000 local a Coast Guard C-130 aircraft overflew the area and noted the position as 27-23.8N; 083-21.4W. The vessel was still burning (smoldering) and continuing to drift. No pollution was observed. The vessel has a capacity for 9000 gallons of diesel fuel, but the amount of fuel onboard at the time of the fire was not initially known. NOAA Hazmat provided the COTP with a weather forecast for the area as well as spill trajectory and oil fate information. During the [...]
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 9000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 27.397N 083.357W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 1260: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/1260

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