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Cook inlet, alaska

Redoubt Volcano Eruption; Cook Inlet, Alaska · NOAAORR-8000

issued
2009-03-23 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2009-04-06 00:00Z
self-cancels
2009-04-06 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Alaska
position
60.500, -152.700
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Redoubt Volcano eruption; Cook Inlet, Alaska.
Cook Inlet, Alaska.
1. Redoubt Volcano, intermittently active since January and approximately 100 nm SW of Anchorage on the west side of Cook Inlet, resumed its activity late Sunday night and early Monday morning, March 22 & 23, with five explosive eruptions. These eruptions caused lahars, extensive fllooding, and mud flows around the Drift River Tank Farm, where oil from the Cook Inlet fields is temporarily stored prior to shipping out aboard tankers. Currently, two of the four active tanks have 74,000 bbls of oil apiece. At 7:30 PM on March 23rd, ADEC and USCG conducted an over-flight to determine any potential threat to the tank farm and related facilities at the Drift River Terminal. They observed extensive flooding to the area with mud flows to a depth of six feet in the area of the runway and ballast tank, but no significant penetration of the 18 to 20 foot high teritiary containment berm around the [...]
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: COOK INLET CRUDE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 6216000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 60.500N 152.700W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8000: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8000

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