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East river, hallets point

T/v Potomic; East River, Hallets Point · NOAAORR-6928

issued
1993-03-14 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1993-03-28 00:00Z
self-cancels
1993-03-28 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
40.729, -73.973
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

T/V Potomic; East River, Hallets Point.
East River, Hallets Point.
1. T/V Potomic Grounded in East River near Hallets Point (just south of Hell Gate) at 1530 (EST). The vessel is 640 feet in length with a double bottom and carrying 27,000 barrels of #6 oil. Tide: 3/14 High = 1530 + 4.5 feet Low = 2140 + 0.6 feet 3/15 High = 0356 +5.1 feet Low = 1034 +0.5 feet High = 1630 + 4.3 feet Low = 2252 +0.8 feet Max. flood velocity NE of Mill Rock = 2.2 knots Weather From La Guardia Airport: Currently Winds WNW 24 mph gusting to 32 mph After Midnight Winds from W and decreasing speed Tomorrow Winds W moving to SW 10 15 mph SSC suggested several areas for possible collection sites: Pot Cove, Hallets Cove, Bowery Bay, Flushing Bay, and College Point, pier south of Newtown Creek, Bushwick Inlet, and the Navy Yard at Red Hook (Wallabout Bay). Water intakes at the Con Edison power station at Lawrence Point should be notified as well as other East River industrial [...]
2. COMMODITY: #6 OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 11300000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 40.729N 073.973W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6928: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6928

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Timeline · 3 messages since 1993-03-14 · closed 1993-04-24

  1. East river, hallets point this message1993-03-14 → 1993-03-28
  2. East rockaway inlet1993-03-15 → 1993-03-29
  3. Warehouse; kearny, new jersey1993-04-10 → 1993-04-24

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