Morgan City Mystery Slick; Morgan City

Morgan City | 1998-Jun-15

Initial Notification: At 1700 CDT, 15 June 98, the D8 SSC received notification from MSO Morgan City of a reported slick off the Louisiana coast. A 300 yard by 7 mile long slick of "dark" oil had been reported between positions, latitude 29?-13.7 N, longitude 89?-44.7 W, and latitude 29?-07.0 N, longitude 89?-46.0 W. At the time of the observation the on scene winds were from the SSW at 5 knots and seas were less than 1'. USCG district 8.