FVXX23 KWBC 161330    
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT   
ISSUED 1330 UTC 16 FEB 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC 
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SOUFRIERE HILLS 00-019    WEST INDIES 1643N 6211W  
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BACKGROUND:    SOUFRIERE HILLS  MONTSERRAT (1600-05)
               SUMMIT HEIGHT  3000 FT (915M)
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION:  MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY GOES-8
VISIBLE AND INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. GUADELOUPE 16/1200
UTC SOUNDING.
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ERUPTION DETAILS: ASH CLOUD INDUCED BY PYROCLASTIC FLOW AT 16/0700
UTC. THE OBSERVATORY REPORTED ANOTHER ASH CLOUD AT 16/1000 UTC TO
FL080.
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: THE ASH CLOUD REPORTED BY THE MONTSERRAT
VOLCANO OBSERVATORY WAS NOT DETECTED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY.  MID AND
HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS HAVE MOVED ACROSS THE ISLAND MAKING IT EVEN MORE
DIFFICULT TO DETECT ANY FURTHER ACTIVITY FROM THE VOLCANO. THE
OBSERVATORY REPORTED THE ASH CLOUD WAS MOVING WESTWARD.
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TRAJECTORY: ANY ASH UP TO FL100 WOULD MOVE WEST AT UP TO 15 KNOTS.
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OUTLOOK:  SEE LATEST SIGMETS.
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THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 16/1930 UTC.
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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  
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/VAAC/washington.html
(all lower case except /VAAC/)
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PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS.
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KARST
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