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Mso portland was notified of a mystery spill on the columbia river in the vicinity of kalama, wa at 2251 on…

Kalama Mystery Spill; Kalama, Wa · Kalama, Wa · NOAAORR-7543

issued
2001-03-04 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2001-03-18 00:00Z
self-cancels
2001-03-18 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
45.995, -122.848
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Kalama Mystery Spill; Kalama, WA.
Kalama, WA.
1. MSO Portland was notified of a mystery spill on the Columbia River in the vicinity of Kalama, WA at 2251 on March 4. NOAA HAZMAT was notified at 0630 March 5. A USCG overflight at first light reported silver and rainbow sheen from the Longview, WA to Wallace Island. Two areas of heavey rainbow sheen were observed at the upstream end of Cottonwood Island extending into Carrols Channel; and a 1.75 mile long concentration extending downstream from the Lewis and Clark Bridge in Longview. Below Fisher Island, sheen was primaily silver, and followed the shipping channel roughly 50 yds off the river bank, to Wallace Island where ribbon of sheen was only 10 yards wide. Patchy and very light sheen was observed upriver between Kalama and martin Island. Additional overflights by USCG and WDOE are planned for this afternoon. As of noon, NW Area Plan Lowere Columbia River geogrpahical response [...]
2. COMMODITY: OIL.
3. POSITION 45.995N 122.848W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7543: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7543

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