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At 1700 cdt, 15 june 98, the D8 ssc received notification from mso morgan city of a reported slick off the…

Morgan City Mystery Slick; Morgan City · Morgan City · NOAAORR-7304

issued: 1998-06-15 00:00Z
status: cancelled 1998-06-29 00:00Z
self-cancels: 1998-06-29 00:00Z
authority: NOAA OR&R
sea: Gulf of Mexico
position: 29.228, -89.745
source: incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Morgan City Mystery Slick; Morgan City.
Morgan City.
1. At 1700 CDT, 15 June 98, the D8 SSC received notification from MSO Morgan City of a reported slick off the Louisiana coast. A 300 yard by 7 mile long slick of "dark" oil had been reported between positions, latitude 29?-13.7 N, longitude 89?-44.7 W, and latitude 29?-07.0 N, longitude 89?-46.0 W. At the time of the observation the on scene winds were from the SSW at 5 knots and seas were less than 1'. USCG district 8.
2. COMMODITY: OIL.
3. POSITION 29.228N 089.745W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7304: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7304

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