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Florida State Watch Office Daily Incident Report for Wednesday, March 4, 2020

 

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FLORIDA DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
STATE WATCH OFFICE
DAILY INCIDENT REPORT

Incident Number: 2020-1336
Incident Name: Dense Fog Advisory
Occurred: 3/4/2020   04:52 ET
Reported to SWO: 3/4/2020   04:52 ET
Affecting: Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach
Involving: Weather Advisories
Summary: A Dense Fog Advisory is in effect until 09:00 EST for Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach.
Status: Open

Incident Number: 2020-1335
Incident Name: One EB Lane of I-10 Closed With Diesel Spill
Occurred: 3/4/2020   03:58 ET
Reported to SWO: 3/4/2020   04:22 ET
Affecting: Leon
Involving: Petroleum Spill, Road Closure or DOT Issue, Vehicle
Summary: One eastbound lane of I-10 was closed due to a vehicle collision in Tallahassee. No injuries were reported. A release of approximately 160 gallons of diesel fuel was reported. No storm drains or waterways were impacted. Clean up actions were conducted by the reporting party.
Status: Closed

Incident Number: 2020-1334
Incident Name: Dense Fog Advisory
Occurred: 3/4/2020   03:45 ET
Reported to SWO: 3/4/2020   03:45 ET
Affecting: Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lee, Levy, Manatee, Pasco, Polk, Sarasota, Sumter
Involving: Weather Advisories
Summary: A Dense Fog Advisory is in effect until 10:00 EST this morning for Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lee, Levy, Manatee, Pasco, Polk, Sarasota, Sumter
Status: Open

Incident Number: 2020-1333
Incident Name: Tornado Watch #39
Occurred: 3/4/2020   02:59 ET
Reported to SWO: 3/4/2020   02:59 ET
Affecting: Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa
Involving: Weather Advisories
Summary: A Tornado Watch was issued until 10:00 AM CST this norming for Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa.
Status: Open

Incident Number: 2020-1332
Incident Name: Dense Fog Advisory
Occurred: 3/4/2020   02:23 ET
Reported to SWO: 3/4/2020   02:23 ET
Affecting: Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa
Involving: Weather Advisories
Summary: A Dense Fog Advisory is in effect until 09:00 CST this morning for Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa.
Status: Open

Incident Number: 2020-1331
Incident Name: River Flood Warning (Shoal River Near Crestview)
Occurred: 3/3/2020   19:55 ET
Reported to SWO: 3/3/2020   19:55 ET
Affecting: Okaloosa
Involving: Weather Advisories
Summary: A River Flood Warning has been issued for The Shoal River Near Crestview from Thursday evening until Sunday morning.  
Status: Open

Incident Number: 2020-1330
Incident Name: Diesel & Hydraulic Oil Release
Occurred: 3/3/2020   17:30 ET
Reported to SWO: 3/3/2020   18:59 ET
Affecting: Palm Beach
Involving: Petroleum Spill
Summary: Approximately 30 gallons of a diesel fuel and hydraulic oil mixture was released due to a bobcat flipping over in Boca Raton. The release entered a nearby storm drain. No waterways were impacted. Clean up actions were conducted by the reporting party.
Status: Closed

Incident Number: 2020-1329
Incident Name: Diesel Release
Occurred: 3/3/2020   17:50 ET
Reported to SWO: 3/3/2020   18:18 ET
Affecting: Lee
Involving: Petroleum Spill
Summary: Approximately 5 gallons diesel was reported on the Caloosahatchee River due to an operator error in Ft. Myers. No clean up actions were reported.
Status: Closed

Incident Number: 2020-1328
Incident Name: Natural Gas Release
Occurred: 3/3/2020   15:00 ET
Reported to SWO: 3/3/2020   17:08 ET
Affecting: Hillsborough
Involving: Hazardous Materials
Summary: A natural gas release was reported due to a contractor hitting an underground pipeline in Tampa. One injury was reported. No evacuations took place.
Status: Closed

Incident Number: 2020-1327
Incident Name: Falcon 9 CRS-20 72-hr Launch Notification
Occurred: 3/3/2020   17:00 ET
Reported to SWO: 3/3/2020   17:00 ET
Affecting: Brevard, Flagler, Indian River, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, St. Lucie, Volusia
Involving: Kennedy Space Center / Cape Canaveral AFS
Summary: The 72 hour Launch Notification for the Falcon 9 CRS-20 was reported. Brevard County Emergency Operations Center will activate to Level 2 no later than Friday, March 6 at 2146 hours. The next launch notification will be issued on Thursday, March 5 at 1700 hours.
Status: Open

Incident Number: 2020-1326
Incident Name: Diesel Spill
Occurred: 3/3/2020   16:01 ET
Reported to SWO: 3/3/2020   16:01 ET
Affecting: Broward
Involving: Petroleum Spill
Summary: Approximately 50 gallons of diesel fuel was released due to a vehicle collision near Tamarac. No storm drains or waterways were impacted. Clean up actions were conducted by the reporting party.
Status: Closed

Incident Number: 2020-1325
Incident Name: Potential Hazmat Release
Occurred: 3/3/2020   13:00 ET
Reported to SWO: 3/3/2020   15:56 ET
Affecting: Broward
Involving: Hazardous Materials
Summary: An unknown amount of acrylic was released into the air due to negligence in Miramar. No clean up actions were reported.
Status: Closed

Incident Number: 2020-1323
Incident Name: Pesticide Release w/ Slight Diesel Spill
Occurred: 2/28/2020   14:45 ET
Reported to SWO: 3/3/2020   15:41 ET
Affecting: Pasco
Involving: Hazardous Materials, Petroleum Spill
Summary: Approximately 15 gallons of pesticides and about 4-5 gallons of diesel fuel was released due to a vehicle collision in Hudson. No storm drains or waterways were impacted. Clean up actions were conducted by the reporting party.
Status: Closed

Incident Number: 2020-1322
Incident Name: Hydraulic Oil Release
Occurred: 3/3/2020   15:02 ET
Reported to SWO: 3/3/2020   15:02 ET
Affecting: Orange
Involving: Petroleum Spill
Summary: An unknown amount of hydraulic oil was released due to a hydraulic line breaking in Ocoee. A nearby storm drain was impacted. Clean up actions were conducted by the reporting party.
Status: Closed

Incident Number: 2020-1321
Incident Name: Flash Flood Watch
Occurred: 3/3/2020   14:41 ET
Reported to SWO: 3/3/2020   14:41 ET
Affecting: Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington
Involving: Weather Advisories
Summary: A Flash Flood Watch was issued for Walton, Washington, Holmes, and Jackson. The watch is in effect from Wednesday at 01:00 EST until Thursday at 19:00 EST
Status: Open

Incident Number: 2020-1320
Incident Name: Flash Flood Watch
Occurred: 3/3/2020   13:33 ET
Reported to SWO: 3/3/2020   13:33 ET
Affecting: Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa
Involving: Weather Advisories
Summary: A Flash Flood Watch was issued for Escambia, Okaloosa and Santa Rosa county from 12:00 CST tonight until late Wednesday night.
Status: Open

Incident Number: 2020-1318
Incident Name: Wastewater Release
Occurred: 3/3/2020   12:00 ET
Reported to SWO: 3/3/2020   13:18 ET
Affecting: Miami-Dade
Involving: Wastewater or Effluent Release
Summary: Approximately 31,892 gallons of raw sewage was released due to a broken force main in Miami. The release did enter a nearby storm drain. No waterways were impacted. Clean up actions were conducted by the reporting party.
Status: Closed

Incident Number: 2020-1317
Incident Name: Unknown Sheen
Occurred: 3/3/2020   10:30 ET
Reported to SWO: 3/3/2020   11:41 ET
Affecting: Brevard
Involving: Petroleum Spill
Summary: An unknown sheen was reported due to a sunken vessel in Cape Canaveral. The release did enter Port Canaveral. No storm drains were impacted. No clean up actions were reported.  
Status: Closed

Incident Number: 2020-1316
Incident Name: River Flood Warning (Escambia River Near Century)
Occurred: 3/3/2020   11:11 ET
Reported to SWO: 3/3/2020   11:11 ET
Affecting: Escambia, Santa Rosa
Involving: Weather Advisories
Summary: A River Flood Warning was issued for the Escambia River Near Century from Friday afternoon until further notice.
Status: Open

Incident Number: 2020-1315
Incident Name: Boil Water Notice
Occurred: 3/2/2020   08:00 ET
Reported to SWO: 3/3/2020   10:25 ET
Affecting: Bradford
Involving: Drinking Water Facility
Summary: A Boil Water Notice was issued for Bradford County due to a planned outage. Around 50 customers were impacted by this incident. The Boil Water Notice is now over.
Status: Closed

Incident Number: 2020-1313
Incident Name: SR 528 WB (MM 29.5) Road Closure
Occurred: 3/3/2020   10:08 ET
Reported to SWO: 3/3/2020   10:08 ET
Affecting: Orange
Involving: Road Closure or DOT Issue
Summary: The westbound lanes of State Road 528 were closed at mile marker 29.5 due to an overturned dump truck in Christmas. No releases were reported.
Status: Closed

Incident Number: 2020-1312
Incident Name: Abandoned Drum
Occurred: 3/3/2020   09:58 ET
Reported to SWO: 3/3/2020   09:58 ET
Affecting: Pinellas
Involving: Hazardous Materials
Summary: A 55 gallon drum containing vegetable oil was reported in Dunedin. The drum washed ashore from the Intracoastal Waterway. Clean up actions were conducted by the reporting party.
Status: Closed

Incident Number: 2020-1311
Incident Name: Potential Petroleum Release
Occurred: 3/3/2020   08:40 ET
Reported to SWO: 3/3/2020   09:50 ET
Affecting: Bay
Involving: Petroleum Spill
Summary: A release of an unknown amount of motor oil was released into St. Andrews Bay due to a sunken vessel in Panama City Beach. No storm drains were impacted. Clean up actions were conducted by the reporting party.
Status: Closed

Incident Number: 2020-1308
Incident Name: Diesel Release
Occurred: 3/1/2020   19:00 ET
Reported to SWO: 3/3/2020   09:00 ET
Affecting: Osceola
Involving: Petroleum Spill
Summary: Around 50-100 gallons of diesel fuel was released due to a vehicle collision in St. Cloud. No storm drains or waterways were impacted. No clean up actions were reported.
Status: Closed

Incident Number: 2020-1306
Incident Name: Potential Petroleum Release
Occurred: 3/3/2020   08:05 ET
Reported to SWO: 3/3/2020   08:38 ET
Affecting: Pinellas
Involving: Petroleum Spill
Summary: A potential release of an unknown amount of fuel was reported due to a sunken vessel in St. Petersburg. The potential release would have entered Boca Ciega Bay. The reporting party conducted necessary clean up actions.
Status: Closed

Incident Number: 2020-1305
Incident Name: Wastewater Release
Occurred: 3/2/2020   23:30 ET
Reported to SWO: 3/3/2020   08:21 ET
Affecting: Miami-Dade
Involving: Wastewater or Effluent Release
Summary: More than 10,000 gallons of raw sewage was released due to a damaged force main in Miami. The release entered multiple storm drains and a nearby retention pond. Clean up actions were conducted by the reporting party.
Status: Closed

Incident Number: 2020-1304
Incident Name: Wastewater Release
Occurred: 3/3/2020   07:05 ET
Reported to SWO: 3/3/2020   07:35 ET
Affecting: Palm Beach
Involving: Wastewater or Effluent Release
Summary: Approximately 5 gallons of raw sewage was released due to a leaking air release valve in Belle Glade. The release entered the Hillsborough River. No clean up actions were reported.
Status: Closed

Total Incidents: 27

 

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