FVXX23 KWBC 161930 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 1930 UTC 16 FEB 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . SOUFRIERE HILLS 00-020 WEST INDIES 1643N 6211W . BACKGROUND: SOUFRIERE HILLS MONTSERRAT (1600-05) SUMMIT HEIGHT 3000 FT (915M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY GOES-8 VISIBLE AND INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. GUADELOUPE 16/1200 UTC SOUNDING. . ERUPTION DETAILS: ASH CLOUD INDUCED BY PYROCLASTIC FLOW AT 16/0700 UTC. THE OBSERVATORY REPORTED ANOTHER ASH CLOUD AT 16/1030 UTC TO FL080. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: EXTENSIVE CLOUDINESS OVER THE REGION MAKES ANY DETECTION OF VOLCANIC ASH DIFFICULT. THE MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY REPORTS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NO NEW ERUPTIONS SINCE THE 16/1030 UTC ERUPTION. . TRAJECTORY: ANY ASH UP TO FL080 WOULD MOVE WEST AT UP TO 15 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE LATEST SIGMETS. . THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT FOR THIS ERUPTION. . 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. . KARST . NNNN