FVXX23 KWBC 160730 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 0730 UTC 16 FEB 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . SOUFRIERE HILLS 00-018 WEST INDIES 1643N 6211W . BACKGROUND: SOUFRIERE HILLS MONTSERRAT (1600-05) SUMMIT HEIGHT 3000 FT (915M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY GOES-8 INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. GUADELOUPE 16/0000 UTC SOUNDING. . ERUPTION DETAILS: ASH CLOUD INDUCED BY PYROCLASTIC FLOW AT 16/0700 UTC. . 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. . TRAJECTORY: ASH BELOW FL100 WOULD MOVE WEST AT UP TO 15 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE LATEST SIGMETS. . THIS NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 16/1330 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