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Mystery oil Spill3; pompano beach, florida

NOAAORR-6615

issued: 1988-09-29 00:00Z
status: cancelled 1988-10-13 00:00Z
self-cancels: 1988-10-13 00:00Z
authority: NOAA OR&R
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 26.242, -80.078
source: incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Mystery Oil Spill3; Pompano Beach, Florida.
Pompano Beach, Florida.
1. On September 29, 1988, the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO), Miami, received a report of an oil slick one mile offshore of Pompano Beach. A boat from Coast Guard Station Ft. Lauderdale took samples and reported that the slick was 75 yards offshore, and estimated the slick's size as approximately 200 gallons spread over a three-mile area adjacent to the shore. USCG district 7.
2. COMMODITY: OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 200 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 26.242N 080.078W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6615: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6615

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Mystery oil Spill3; pompano beach, florida this message1988-09-29 → 1988-10-13
Port everglades, fort lauderdale, florida1988-10-05 → 1988-10-19

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