FVXX21 KWBC 231716Z CCA
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY - CORRECTION
ISSUED: 2003JUL23/1700Z  VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: SANTA MARIA 1402-03
LOCATION: N1445W09133    AREA: GUATEMALA
                              
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 12375 FT (3772 M)
                                   
ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/007

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12 IMAGERY. INSIVUMEH.

ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION BEGAN APPROXIMATELY 23/1330Z.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 23/1615Z.
 
OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL150 5 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING
BETWEEN N1454W09217 N1449W09210.  ASH IS MOVING W 10-15
KNOTS.   

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: CORRECTED DATE IN ERUPTION DETAILS AND OBS ASH
CLOUD.  SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATED AN ERUPTION OF SANTA
MARIA OCCURRED AROUND 1330Z.  ASH AND GASES MOVED TOWARDS THE
WEST AND WAS LARGELY DISSIPATED BY 1615Z APPROXIMATELY 45 NM
TO THE WEST OF THE SUMMIT.  THE ERUPTION WAS NOTED IN VISIBLE
AS WELL AS IN VARIOUS MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY WHICH SUGGESTED
AT LEAST SOME ASH CONTENT IN THE ERUPTING COLUMN.  

THE VOLCANO HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN RECENT DAYS WITH INSIVUMEH
REPORTING AN ERUPTING ASH COLUMN TO FL150 YESTERDAY THAT
RESULTED IN ASH FALL ON FARMS TO THE WEST OF THE SUMMIT. THE
AREA WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED FOR ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY BUT NO
FURTHER ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED SINCE THE ASH CLOUD HAS
LARGELY DISSIPATED. TURK

NEXT ADVISORY: NO FURTHER ADVISORIES.

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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