FVXX22 KWBC 041022 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY ISSUED 1022 UTC 04 SEP 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . SOUFRIERE HILLS 00-198 WEST INDIES 1643N 6211W . BACKGROUND: SOUFRIERE HILLS MONTSERRAT (1600-05) SUMMIT HEIGHT 3000 FT (915M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. THE MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY. . ERUPTION DETAILS: THE MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY REPORTED AN ERUPTION AT ABOUT 1000 UTC TO AROUND FL100 . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: THE MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY HAS INDICATED THAT AN ERUPTION OF SOUFRIERE HILLS OCCURRED AROUND 1000 UTC. ASH WAS BELIEVED TO BE NEAR FL100. SATELLITE IMAGERY FOR THE TIME OF THE EVENT IS NOT YET AVAILABLE TO ANALYZE HOWEVER NEAR INFRARED IMAGES SHOWED A BRILLIANT HOT SPOT LEADING UP TO THE ERUPTION FROM 0845 UTC. . TRAJECTORY: ANY ASH AT FL100 OR BELOW WOULD MOVE TOWARDS THE WEST AT 5 TO 7 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS. . THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED BY 04/1630 UTC OR BEFORE IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. . REAL TIME SATELLITE IMAGERY AND VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORIES 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. . TURK . NNNN