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A tank truck overturned on january 25, 2000, spilling 7,000 gallons of furfural into a drainage canal near…
Furfural Spill; Brownsville, Tx · Brownsville, Tx · NOAAORR-7458
- issued
- 2000-01-25 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2000-02-08 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2000-02-08 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 25.951, -97.408
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Furfural Spill; Brownsville, TX. Brownsville, TX. 1. A tank truck overturned on January 25, 2000, spilling 7,000 gallons of furfural into a drainage canal near Port Brownsville, Texas. The canal is 20 to 40 feet wide, and the water level in it is 3-4 feet. The spill occurred more than 2 miles west of small San Martin Lake (nautical chart #11302). The current in the canal is 1-2 feet per minute. USCG district 8. 2. COMMODITY: FURFURAL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 7000 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 25.951N 097.408W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7458: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7458
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