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Houston ship channel, houston tx

Chemical Supplier Oil Spill; Houston Ship Channel, Houston Tx · NOAAORR-8102

issued: 2009-09-26 00:00Z
status: cancelled 2009-10-10 00:00Z
self-cancels: 2009-10-10 00:00Z
authority: NOAA OR&R
sea: Gulf of Mexico
position: 29.727, -95.261
source: incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

CHEMICAL SUPPLIER Oil Spill; Houston Ship Channel, Houston TX.
Houston Ship Channel, Houston TX.
1. At five minutes after midnight, the morning of 26 September 2009, USCG Sector Houston notified the regional NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator of a collision between a ship and a barge on the Houston Ship Channel between the USCG Sector Office and Interstate 610 (NRC Notification #918913). According to the NRC report, the incident happened at about 2100 hrs local time on 25 September 2009.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: HEAVY FUEL OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 25000 GALLONS. TAGS: COLLISION.
3. POSITION 29.727N 095.261W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8102: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8102

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