FVXX20 KWBC 241358
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY 
ISSUED: 2003AUG24/1400Z  VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: TUNGURAHUA  1502-08
LOCATION: S0128W07826    AREA: ECUADOR
                              
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 16480 FT (5023 M)
 
ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/162
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS
FORECAST.  GUAYAQUIL MWO SIGMET. GEOPHYSICAL
INSTITUTE.
 
ERUPTION DETAILS: ASH ERUPTION STARTED AT 20/1745Z.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 24/1315Z 
 
OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL240 S0128W07827 S0128W07910
S0137W07946 S0215W07851 S0201W07927 S0146W07830
S0128W07827 MOVING SW 15-20 KNOTS

FCST ASH CLOUD+6H: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD.
                                   
REMARKS: THE GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE INDICATES THAT
THREE EXPLOSIONS HAVE OCCURRED DURING THE LAST 6-12
HOURS WITH ASH HEADING WEST TO SOUTHWEST.  LATEST
SATELLITE IMAGERY AT 24/1315Z SHOWS ASH MOVING W AND
SW TO HEIGHTS OF FL240 AND EXTENDING 80 NM FROM
SUMMIT.  WE WILL CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR
TUNGURAHUA AND ADVISE AS NEEDED.....KIBLER 

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003AUG24/2000Z.
               
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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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