FVXX20 KWBC 251345
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VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT
ISSUED 1345 UTC 25 JUNE 1999 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC 
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SOUFRIERE HILLS 99-157    WEST INDIES 16.72N 62.18W  
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BACKGROUND:    SOUFRIERE HILLS MONTSERRAT (1600-05)
               SUMMIT HEIGHT 3000 FT (915 M)
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION:  MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY. GOES-8
VISIBLE...INFRARED...AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. 1200 UTC GUADELOUPE
SOUNDING.
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ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION AT 25/1030 UTC.
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: MVO REPORTED AN ASH CLOUD MOVING WEST FROM THE
ISLAND. GOES-8 VISIBLE IMAGERY AT 1315 UTC SHOWS AN ASH PLUME
BOUNDED BY POINTS 16.7N 62.2W...16.8N 62.9W...17.0N 63.1W...16.9N
63.5W...16.6N 63.9W AND 16.5N 63.0W.
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TRAJECTORY: THE 1200 UTC SOUNDING FROM GUADELOUPE INDICATES ASH
BELOW FL150 MOVING WESTWARD AT 25 TO 30 KTS.
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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 MESSAGE FOR THIS EVENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 25/2000 UNLESS NEW
INFORMATION IS RECEIVED.    
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PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS.
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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash" 

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