Spills · oil

Long beach, ny

Long Is Lighting Co Release; Long Beach, Ny · NOAAORR-9015

issued
1985-02-11 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1985-02-25 00:00Z
self-cancels
1985-02-25 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
40.616, -73.650
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Long Is Lighting Co Release; Long Beach, NY.
Long Beach, NY.
1. At 2030 on 2/10 EST Long Island Lighting Co reported a release of about 100,000 gal of #2 oil from a storage tank at their facility near Long Beach, NY capacity of tank is about 450,000 gal. at 0300 EST 2/11 85 18 inch booms were reported deployed at both ends of Barnum Channel (36" boom reported enroute to scene) current weather on scene: winds E less than 5kts but increasing tonight and tomorrow up to 25-35 kts w/strong gusts.
2. THREAT: OIL.
3. POSITION 40.616N 073.650W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 9015: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/9015

This area · spills & pollution incidents

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Timeline · 2 messages since 1985-02-10 · closed 1985-02-25

  1. Long beach, new york1985-02-10 → 1985-02-24
  2. Long beach, ny this message1985-02-11 → 1985-02-25

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