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Islamorada, florida keys

Weathered Oil; Islamorada, Florida Keys · NOAAORR-6675

issued
1989-03-03 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1989-03-17 00:00Z
self-cancels
1989-03-17 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
24.838, -80.502
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Weathered Oil; Islamorada, Florida Keys.
Islamorada, Florida Keys.
1. On March 3, 1989, the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO), Miami, received a report of an oil slick approximately 10 miles east-southeast of Islamorada, Florida. Subsequently, Coast Guard boats and aircraft and Florida Department of Natural Resources rangers observed patches of tar balls and seaweed scattered two to six miles offshore off Key Largo, southwest along the Florida Keys. Reports of shoreline impacts were also received from the Lower Keys. Oil concentrations were small and the oil appeared to be a weathered heavy oil. USCG district 7.
2. COMMODITY: OIL.
3. POSITION 24.838N 080.502W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6675: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6675

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