FVXX23 KWBC 061245 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 1245 UTC 06 FEB 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . SOUFRIERE HILLS 00-007 WEST INDIES 1643N 6211W . BACKGROUND: SOUFRIERE HILLS MONTSERRAT (1600-05) SUMMIT HEIGHT 3,000 FT (915M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 VISIBLE...INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY...MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY...0600 UTC AVIATION MODEL SOUNDING DATA... . ERUPTION DETAILS: ASH CLOUD INDUCED BY PYROCLASTIC FLOW AT AROUND 06/1225 UTC... . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: THE MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY HAS REPORTED THAT AN ASH CLOUD WAS PRODUCED BY A PYROCLASTIC FLOW THIS MORNING. THE ASH CLOUD INDUCED HAS REACHED UP TO AN ESTIMATED FL070. . SATELLITE IMAGERY WILL SOON BE ABLE TO CONFIRM THE EXTENT ASH CLOUD. . TRAJECTORY: WEST AT 15 TO 25 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE LATEST SIGMETS. . THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 06/1900 UTC. . REAL TIME SATELLITE IMAGERY ALONG WITH THIS AND OTHER VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENTS OFTEN ACCOMPANIED BY A MAP DEPICTING ASH LOCATION ARE AVAILABLE AT INTERNET URL ADDRESS http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/VAAC/washington.html (all lower case except /VAAC/) . PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS. . ORRISON/TURK . NNNN