FVXX20 KWBC 290000
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VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT
ISSUED 0000 UTC 29 JULY 1999 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC 
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SOUFRIERE HILLS 99-193    WEST INDIES 16.7N 62.2W
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BACKGROUND:    SOUFRIERE HILLS MONTSERRAT (1600-05)
               SUMMIT HEIGHT 3000 FT (915M)
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES8 VISIBLE..INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL
IMAGERY.  28/1200 UTC GUADELOUPE UPPER SOUNDING


ERUPTION DETAILS: LATEST ERUPTION OCCURRED AROUND 28/1635 UTC.  
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD:ASH IS NOT VISIBLE AT THIS TIME.  THE LAST
IMAGE IN WHICH ASH WAS DISCERNABLE IS 28/1845 UTC.  AT THAT TIME THE
FAINT AREA OF ASH EXTENDED ABOUT 50 NMI TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE
VOLCANO AS IT MOVED TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST AT 20KT. ESTIMATED HEIGHT
WAS FL120.

TRAJECTORY: SOUTHWEST AROUND 20 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 AND VAFTAD.
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THIS IS THE LAST MESSAGE ON THIS EVENT.         
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PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS.
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