FVXX23 KWBC 161930    
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT   
ISSUED 1930 UTC 16 FEB 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC 
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SOUFRIERE HILLS 00-020    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 16/1030 UTC TO
FL080.
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: EXTENSIVE CLOUDINESS OVER THE REGION MAKES ANY
DETECTION OF VOLCANIC ASH DIFFICULT. THE MONTSERRAT VOLCANO
OBSERVATORY REPORTS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NO NEW ERUPTIONS SINCE THE
16/1030 UTC ERUPTION.
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TRAJECTORY: ANY ASH UP TO FL080 WOULD MOVE WEST AT UP TO 15 KNOTS.
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OUTLOOK:  SEE LATEST SIGMETS.
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THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT FOR THIS ERUPTION.
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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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