FVXX22 KWBC 250450 . VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 0450 UTC 25 OCTOBER 1999 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . SOUFRIERE HILLS 99-238 WEST INDIES 16.72N 62.18W . BACKGROUND: SOUFRIERE HILLS MONTSERRAT (1600-05) SUMMIT HEIGHT 3000 FT (915M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY...GOES-8 VISIBLE INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. . ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION OCCURRED AT 24/1615 UTC. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: GOES-8 SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 0415 UTC SHOWS SCATTERED CLOUDS OVER THE AREA HOWEVER NO ASH HAS BEEN DETECTED OR REPORTED FOR OVER 6 HOURS. . TRAJECTORY: N/A. . 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 http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/VAAC/washington.html (all lower case except /VAAC/) . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS. . THIS WILL BE THE FINAL STATEMENT. . PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS. . NNNN