FVXX20 KWBC 161420
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2001SEP16/1420Z   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: 2001/206.

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 VISIBLE/INFRARED/MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY.
1200Z GUADELOUPE SOUNDING.
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ERUPTION DETAILS: ROCKFALLS PRODUCING ASH 
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 16/1345Z A FAINT ASH
PLUME EXTENDING FROM THE VOLCANO TO APPROXIMATELY THE POINT 1634N
6252W. IT SHOWS UP FAINTLY IN MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY INDICATING THE
LIKELY PRESENCE OF ASH.  THE PLUME IS APPROXIMATELY 40 NMI LONG AND 5
NMI WIDE AND IS ESTIMATED AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE SUMMIT LEVEL. 

TRAJECTORY: ANY ASH BELOW FL050 WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE WEST AT 10
KNOTS.
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OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS.
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THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY 16/2030Z.
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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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NNNN"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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