FVXX22 KWBC 300755 . VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 0755 UTC 30 JULY 1999 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . SOUFRIERE HILLS 99-194 WEST INDIES 16.7N 62.2W . BACKGROUND: SOUFRIERE HILLS MONTSERRAT 91600-05) SUMMIT HEIGHT 3000 FT (915M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES 8 INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY...MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY . ERUPTION DETAILS: APPROXIMATELY 0715 UTC. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: THE MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY REPORTS AN ERUPTION OF THE SOUFRIERE HILLS VOLCANO. ASH HAS BEEN REPORTED TO AT LEAST FL100 WHERE THE ASH IS LOST IN METEOROLOGICAL CLOUDS. SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 0732 UTC SHOWS AN AREA OF CONVECTION DIRECTLY OVER THE ISLAND. THERE IS NO ASH VISIBLE IN SATELLITE IMAGERY. . TRAJECTORY: WEST NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 10-20 KTS . 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/) . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS. . THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED BY 30/1400 UTC OR EARLIER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. . PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS. . NNNN