FVXX23 KWBC 160730    
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT   
ISSUED 0730 UTC 16 FEB 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC 
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SOUFRIERE HILLS 00-018    WEST INDIES 1643N 6211W  
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BACKGROUND:    SOUFRIERE HILLS  MONTSERRAT (1600-05)
               SUMMIT HEIGHT  3000 FT (915M)
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION:  MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY GOES-8
INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. GUADELOUPE 16/0000 UTC SOUNDING.
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ERUPTION DETAILS: ASH CLOUD INDUCED BY PYROCLASTIC FLOW AT 16/0700
UTC.
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 0702 UTC DOES NOT
SHOW ANY ASH PLUME OR HOT SPOT.  THE MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY
REPORTS THAT A PYROCLASTIC FLOW HAS PRODUCED ASH WHICH IS MOVING TO
THE WEST.  THEY WERE UNABLE TO ASSIGN A HEIGHT DUE TO CLOUDS IN THE
AREA.  BASED ON THE GUADELOUPE SOUNDING THE ASH WOULD BE BELOW
FL100.
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TRAJECTORY: ASH BELOW FL100 WOULD MOVE WEST AT UP TO 15 KNOTS.
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OUTLOOK:  SEE LATEST SIGMETS.
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THIS NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 16/1330 UTC.
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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/)
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PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS.
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