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Long island expressway, flushing bay, new york

M & Q Trucking; Long Island Expressway, Flushing Bay, New York · NOAAORR-6349

issued
1986-03-30 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1986-04-13 00:00Z
self-cancels
1986-04-13 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
40.765, -73.840
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

M & Q Trucking; Long Island Expressway, Flushing Bay, New York.
Long Island Expressway, Flushing Bay, New York.
1. On March 30, 1986, an M and Q Trucking tank truck containing 3,000 gallons of gasoline overturned at the Van Wyck intersection of the Long Island Expressway. Approximately 100 gallons were lost into the storm drain; a gasoline sheen was observed emanating from the storm drain at the creek that flows into Flushing Bay. USCG district 3.
2. COMMODITY: GASOLINE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 3000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 40.765N 073.840W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6349: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6349

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Timeline · 10 messages since 1986-01-15 · closed 1986-05-05

  1. Sealand terminal, elizabeth, new jersey1986-01-15 → 1986-01-29
  2. E. rockways inlet1986-01-21 → 1986-02-04
  3. Kill van kull, bayonne, new jersey1986-02-11 → 1986-02-25
  4. Arthur kill, port redding, new jersey1986-03-08 → 1986-03-22
  5. Proctor and gamble manufacturing co.; arthur kill, staten island, new york1986-03-12 → 1986-03-26
  6. Long island expressway, flushing bay, new york this message1986-03-30 → 1986-04-13
  7. Mamaroneck, new york1986-04-09 → 1986-04-23
  8. Swineburne island, ny1986-04-16 → 1986-04-30
  9. A tank truck of morpholine exploded killing the driver in bayonne, nj1986-04-21 → 1986-05-05
  10. Jersey city, new jersey1986-04-21 → 1986-05-05

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