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Timbalier bay, la
Timbalier Bay Mystery Sheen; Timbalier Bay, la · NOAAORR-9332
- issued
- 2016-08-03 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2016-08-17 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2016-08-17 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 29.112, -90.297
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Timbalier Bay mystery sheen; Timbalier Bay, LA. Timbalier Bay, LA. 1. On August 3, 2016, NOAA was contacted by USCG MSU Houma regarding a 1.5mi x 0.5mi rainbow sheen reported at 0830CDT. A trajectory and resources at risk was requested. Source unknown, commodity of concern unknown. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: UNKNOWN/RAINBOW POTENTIALLY OIL. 3. POSITION 29.112N 090.297W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 9332: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/9332
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- Crude oil spill and in-situ burn at tpic; south pass 24, pilottown, louisiana2026-08-26
- Intermittent oil sheen; flower garden banks national marine sanctuary, bright bank2026-08-25
- 8X38+5H dauphin island, al, USA2026-08-24
- Mystery sheen at south pass 29; port eads, louisiana2026-08-13
- Mystery oiled shoreline at holly beach; cameron parish, louisiana2026-07-10
- Johnson bayou, la2026-06-17
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Timeline · 21 messages since 2016-06-14 · closed 2016-12-05
- Turtle bay, la2016-06-14 → 2016-06-28
- Energy reserve 2 discharge; breton sound block 32, la2016-06-27 → 2016-07-11
- Barataria bay, la2016-07-22 → 2016-08-05
- Lake grande ecaille, la2016-07-25 → 2016-08-08
- Tpic wellhead leak, rmm 5, southwest pass; venice, la2016-07-27 → 2016-08-10
- Tpic wellhead leak; main pass 35 block, offshore la2016-08-02 → 2016-08-16
- Timbalier bay, la this message2016-08-03 → 2016-08-17
- Grand isle, la, USA2016-08-23 → 2016-09-06
- Grand gosier, la2016-08-29 → 2016-09-12
- Barataria bay, louisiana2016-09-05 → 2016-09-19
- Quarantine bay 149D incident; louisiana2016-09-14 → 2016-09-28
- Manilla la, USA2016-09-26 → 2016-10-10
- Gretna, la, USA2016-09-30 → 2016-10-14
- E, la, USA2016-10-01 → 2016-10-15
- Grand isle, la2016-10-02 → 2016-10-16
- West bay abandoned flowline; 9, la, USA2016-10-03 → 2016-10-17
- Caillou island; 9, la, USA2016-10-13 → 2016-10-27
- Lake lery hydraulic fluid spill; 1, la, USA2016-10-15 → 2016-10-29
- Hilcorp lafitte field CF#1; lafitte, la, USA2016-10-21 → 2016-11-04
- Energy 21 (formerly main pass 61); united states2016-11-17 → 2016-12-01
- Main pass 35 mystery sheen; unnamed road, buras, la 70041, USA2016-11-21 → 2016-12-05
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