Spills · adrift

South of cape romano, fl

FV Mr Natural; South of Cape Romano, Fl · NOAAORR-1303

issued
2005-09-02 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2005-09-16 00:00Z
self-cancels
2005-09-16 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Mexico
position
27.207, -82.889
vessel
FV MR NATURAL
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

FV Mr Natural; South of Cape Romano, FL.
South of Cape Romano, FL.
1. Sector Tampa asked for trajectory for the F/V Mr Natural which had been adrift since 26 Aug 30 miles south of Cape Romano. Position of the vessel on 31 Aug at 1950 hrs was 27-17.8N; 082-59.6W Vessel had max of 4000 gallons of diesel on board. NOAA provided some info as to expected drift track of the vessel and trajectory of oil is 4000 gal was released as well as wx forecast.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: DIESEL FUEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 4000 GALLONS. TAGS: ADRIFT.
3. POSITION 27.207N 082.889W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 1303: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/1303

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