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Port aransas, tx

Floating Barrel; Port Aransas, Tx · NOAAORR-8398

issued
2012-01-27 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2012-02-10 00:00Z
self-cancels
2012-02-10 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Mexico
position
27.733, -96.717
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Floating Barrel; Port Aransas, TX.
Port Aransas, TX.
1. On 27JAN12 at 17:30, USCG Sector Corpus Christi contacted NOAA SSC about a report that came in at 16:00 of a 55 gl barrel floating in the Gulf of Mexico. The barrel has approx 1 inch exposed above the water's surface. The barrel has no markings and unknown contents. USCG is requesting a trajectory model.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: BARREL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 55 GALLONS. TAGS: MARINE DEBRIS.
3. POSITION 27.733N 096.717W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8398: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8398

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