FVXX22 KWBC 031830 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 1830 UTC 03 MAY 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . SOUFRIERE HILLS 00-079 WEST INDIES 1643N 6211W . BACKGROUND: SOUFRIERE HILLS MONTSERRAT (1600-05) SUMMIT HEIGHT 3000 FT (915M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 VISIBLE INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY. MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY. 1200 UTC GUADELOUPE SOUNDING . ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION BEGAN AROUND 03/1100 UTC. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: SATELLITE IMAGERY AT 1745 UTC SHOWS THAT THE PLUME OBSERVED EARLIER MOVING TOWARDS THE WEST HAS DISSIPATED. . TRAJECTORY: N/A . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS. . THIS WILL BE THE LAST MESSAGE FOR THIS EVENT. . 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