FVXX21 KWBC 191630
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VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT
ISSUED 1630 UTC 19 JULY 1999 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC 
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FUEGO 99-018 GUATEMALA 14.47N 90.88W 
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BACKGROUND:    FUEGO GUATEMALA (1402-09)
               SUMMIT HEIGHT 12345 FT (3763 M)
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION:  GUATEMALA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY...GOES 8
VISIBLE INFRARED AND MULTI SPECTRAL IMAGERY...15 UTC GOES-8
SATELLITE DERIVED WINDS
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ERUPTION DETAILS:   LAVA EVENT FROM EARLIER THIS MORNING HAS CHANGED
TO MINOR EXHALATIONS OF ASH AROUND 19/1600 UTC EVERY 10 TO 15
MINUTES.
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: THE GUATEMALA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY HAS CHANGED
THE FUEGO VOLCANO TO A CODE ALERT ORANGE. UPON COORDINATION IT WAS
DISCOVERED THAT SMALL ASH ERUPTIONS ARE OCCURRING. THE ERUPTIONS ARE
SMALL WITH ASH ESTIMATED BELOW FL150. GOES-8 SATELLITE IMAGERY
INDICATES EXTENSIVE METEOROLOGICAL CLOUDS WITH NO ASH DISCERNIBLE AT
THIS TIME. HOWEVER IMAGERY DID INDICATE A HOTSPOT EARLIER.
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TRAJECTORY: ANY ASH BETWEEN THE SUMMIT AND FL150 IS ESTIMATED TO
MOVE WEST AT AROUND 10 KNOTS.
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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.
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THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 19/2230 UTC.
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PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS.
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