FVXX20 KWBC 270707 . VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 0707 UTC 27 MAR 1999 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . SOUFRIERE HILLS 99-073 WEST INDIES 16.72N 62.18W . BACKGROUND: SOUFRIERE HILLS MONTSERRAT (1600-05) SUMMIT HEIGHT 3000 FT (915 M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. 27/0000 UTC GUADELOUPE SOUNDING. MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY. . ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION BEGINNING AROUND 26/2245 UTC . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: GOES-8 IMAGERY THROUGH 27/0645 UTC DOES NOT SHOW ANY ASH FROM THE EARLIER ERUPTION. THE 27/0000 UTC GUADELOUPE UPPER AIR OBSERVATION IMPLIES THAT ANY LINGERING ASH TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST OF THE VOLCANO WOULD BE AT AROUND FL100. . TRAJECTORY: ANY ASH AROUND FL100 WOULD MOVE TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 20KT. . THIS AND OTHER VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENTS OFTEN ACCOMPANIED BY A MAP DEPICTING ASH LOCATION ARE AVAILABLE AT INTERNET URL ADDRESS www.ssd.noaa.gov/VAAC/messages.html (all lower case except /VAAC/) . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD. . THIS IS THE LAST MESSAGE ON THIS EVENT. . PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS. . NNNN