FVXX20 KWBC 021130
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VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT
ISSUED 1130 UTC 02 JULY 1999 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC 
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SOUFRIERE HILLS 99-162    WEST INDIES 16.72N 62.18W  
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BACKGROUND:    SOUFRIERE HILLS MONTSERRAT (1600-05)
               SUMMIT HEIGHT 3000 FT (915 M)
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION:  MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY.  GOES-8
VISIBLE...INFRARED...AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY.  0000 UTC GUADELOUPE
UPPER AIR SOUNDING.  
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ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION AT APPROXIMATELY 02/0610 UTC.
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: THE EARLIER ERUPTION OF SOUFRIERE HILLS WAS
NEVER DETECTED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY DUE TO EXTENSIVE METEOROLOGICAL
CLOUDS OVER THE CARIBBEAN. IN ADDITION THERE WERE NO PILOT REPOTS
THAT MENTIONED ASH IN THE VICINITY OF THE VOLCANO.
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TRAJECTORY: N/A.
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REAL TIME SATELLITE IMAGERY ALONG WITH 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/washington.html
(all lower case except /VAAC/)
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OUTLOOK:  SEE LATEST SIGMETS.
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THIS WILL BE THE LAST MESSAGE FOR THIS EVENT.
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PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS.
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