FVXX20 KWBC 072040
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2001SEP07/2040Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON
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VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS 1600-05
LOCATION: 1643N 6211W    AREA: CARIBBEAN
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SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915 M)
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ADVISORY NUMBER: 2001/204.

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 VISIBLE/INFRARED/MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. 
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ERUPTION DETAILS: ROCKFALLS PRODUCING ASH 
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: ASH FROM EARLIER EMISSIONS HAD BECOME DIFFICULT
TO DETECT IN SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 2025Z.  VISIBLE IMAGERY
SUGGESTED A POSSIBLE AREA OF DIFFUSE AND DISSIPATING ASH AND/OR STEAM
MIGHT BE LOCATED WITHIN 30 KM (16 NMI) TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE
SUMMIT BUT THIS COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED IN MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY.  THE
HOT SPOT SEEN EARLIER IN THE DAY WAS NO LONGER APPARENT.  ANY ASH
THAT MIGHT EXIST WOULD LIKELY BE AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE SUMMIT LEVEL.

TRAJECTORY: ANY ASH THAT MIGHT EXIST TO FL030 WOULD MOVE TOWARDS THE
SOUTH AT AROUND 5 KTS.
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OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS.
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THIS WILL BE THE FINAL ADVISORY ISSUED ON THIS EVENT.
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INTERNET URLS...
MESSAGE LISTSERV   WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/VAAC/SUBSCRIBE.HTML
MESSAGES GRAPHICS AND IMAGERY   WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/VAAC/WASHINGTON.HTML
(ALL LOWERCASE EXCEPT /VAAC/)
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PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS.
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TURK
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