FVXX23 KWBC 090020 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 0020 UTC 09 FEB 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . SOUFRIERE HILLS 00-011 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... . ERUPTION DETAILS: ASH CLOUD INDUCED BY PYROCLASTIC FLOW STARTING AROUND 08/1600 UTC. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 0015 UTC SHOWS NO DISCERNABLE ASH REMAINING FROM THE EARLIER PYROCLASTIC FLOW. THE LATEST VISIBLE IMAGE AT 2115 UTC DID SHOW A FAINT AREA OF THINNING ASH APPROXIMATELY 65 KM IN DIAMETER AND CENTERED ON 1653N 06328W. . TRAJECTORY: WEST AT 15 KNOTS . OUTLOOK: SEE LATEST SIGMETS. . THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED BY 09/0630 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. . NNNN