FVXX20 KWBC 040025
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VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT
ISSUED 0025 UTC 04 JULY 1999 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC 
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SOUFRIERE HILLS 99-164    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:  GOES-8 VISIBLE...INFRARED...AND
MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY.  1200 UTC GUADELOUPE UPPER AIR SOUNDING.  
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ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION AT APPROXIMATELY 03/1730 UTC.
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: THE ASH CLOUD FROM THIS AFTERNOONS LOW LEVEL 
ERUPTION MOVED SOUTHWEST AROUND 250 KM (134 NMI) AWAY FROM THE
ISLAND AND BECAME TO DIFFUSE TO BE TRACK AROUND 03/2200 UTC. THERE
HAVE BEEN NO FURTHER REPORTS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE AREA. 
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TRAJECTORY: N/A.
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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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THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT FOR THIS EVENT. 
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PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS.
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