FVXX23 KWBC 311955 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 1955 UTC 31 JAN 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . COLIMA 00-007 MEXICO 1931N 10337W . BACKGROUND: COLIMA MEXICO (1401-04) SUMMIT HEIGHT 13451 FT (4100 M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 VISIBLE...INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY...MEXICO CITY MWO. . ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION OCCURRED AT 31/1915 UTC... . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: THE MEXICO CITY MWO HAS INDICATED AN ERUPTION AT COLIMA. A SMALL ASH AND STEAM CLOUD HAS NOW BECOME EVIDENT IN THE LATEST VISIBLE AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGES WHICH CONFIRMS THE ERUPTION. ASH AND STEAM IS ESTIMATED TO BE REACHING FL230. . TRAJECTORY: EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 20 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE LATEST SIGMETS. . THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED IN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES ALONG WITH A GRAPHIC. . 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/) . PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS. . ORRISON/SCHWARTZ . NNNN