Spills · oil

Chambers county, tx

Mystery Sheen, Trinity Bay; Chambers County, Tx · NOAAORR-9504

issued: 2017-06-01 00:00Z
status: cancelled 2017-06-15 00:00Z
self-cancels: 2017-06-15 00:00Z
authority: NOAA OR&R
sea: Gulf of Mexico
position: 29.749, -94.737
source: incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Mystery Sheen, Trinity Bay; Chambers County, TX.
Chambers County, TX.
1. On June 1, 2017, the NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) produced an Oceanmap satellite report showing an anomaly (potential spill) in Trinity Bay, TX, near some small facilities in the Bay. NOAA SSC provided report to Sector Houston-Galveston, who were currently working with local facility to evaluate sheen.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: UNKNOWN.
3. POSITION 29.749N 094.737W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 9504: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/9504

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Chambers county, tx this message2017-06-01 → 2017-06-15
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