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Port arthur, tx

T/v Eagle Otome-barge Collision; Port Arthur, Tx · NOAAORR-8184

issued: 2010-01-23 00:00Z
status: cancelled 2010-02-06 00:00Z
self-cancels: 2010-02-06 00:00Z
authority: NOAA OR&R
sea: Gulf of Mexico
position: 29.870, -93.930
source: incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

T/V Eagle Otome-Barge Collision; Port Arthur, TX.
Port Arthur, TX.
1. At 0915 on 23JAN2010, NOAA Emergency Response Division was notified by the NWS Weather Forecast Office (WFO)in Lake Charles, LA of a collision between a crude oil tanker (T/V Eagle Otome) and a barge in Port Arthur, TX. The contents of the barge are not currently known. USCG informed the NOAA SSC that they suspected H2S had been released. The tanker was reported to contain crude oil with a capacity of several hundred thousand barrels. According to local news reports, the collision occurred shortly before 10:00 AM local time. Local law enforcement informed the WFO that noxious fumes were coming from both vessels and that they have initiated evacuations of residents and workers in and around the Port of Port Arthur. The WFO has produced a dilution contour plume footprint using HYSPLIT. The Sabine-Neches Ship Channel and Intracoastal Waterway have been closed. Local Emergency Management [...]
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: CRUDE OIL, H2S. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 504000 GALLONS. TAGS: COLLISION.
3. POSITION 29.870N 093.930W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8184: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8184

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