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VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT
ISSUED 1800 UTC 17 JULY 1999 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC 
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COLIMA 99-038  MEXICO 19.51N 103.62W 
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BACKGROUND:    COLIMA MEXICO (1401-04)
               SUMMIT HEIGHT 13451 FT (4100 M)
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION: MEXICO CITY MWO...GOES-8 VISIBLE INFRARED AND
MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY

ERUPTION DETAILS:  ERUPTION OCCURRED AT ABOUT 17/1742. 
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: THE MEXICO CITY MWO HAS INDICATED AN ERUPTION OF
COLIMA WITH ASH REACHING FL350. A GENERAL SOUTHWEST MOVEMENT HAS BEEN
OBSERVED BY THE MEXICO CITY MWO ALSO. NO SATELLITE IMAGERY IS
AVAILABLE AS OF YET SINCE THE ERUPTION TO DETECT ASH.
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TRAJECTORY: SOUTHWEST MOVEMENT.
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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
www.ssd.noaa.gov/VAAC/washington.html
(all lower case except /VAAC/)
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OUTLOOK:  SEE LATEST SIGMETS AND VAFTAD.
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THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AS SOON AS ADDITIONAL SATELLITE
IMAGERY BECOMES AVAILABLE.
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PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS.
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