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St johns, U.S

Enighed Pond; St Johns, U.S · Virgin Islands · NOAAORR-7376

issued
1999-02-04 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1999-02-18 00:00Z
self-cancels
1999-02-18 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Caribbean Sea
position
18.349, -64.749
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Enighed Pond; St Johns, U.S. Virgin Islands.
St Johns, U.S. Virgin Islands.
1. On February 4,1999, Virgin Island police discovered and reported an overturned oil tank trailer adjacent to Enighed Pond. MSO San Juan responded and estimated that the overturned tank, with a capacity of 8000 gallons, spilled approximately 1000 gallons of diesel into the pond. Most of the oil has pocketed on the north and west sides of the pond where response personnel contained the fuel with boom and pumped out the pocketed oil. USCG district 7. Keyword: boom.
2. COMMODITY: DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 1000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 18.349N 064.749W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7376: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7376

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